wind instruments & running

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I am an amateur trumpet player and a runner.

Wow. Do you run in the morning? That could really annoy the neighborhood. I
hope your not in LA.

Seriously though, are you adept at "belly breathing"? It is possible you
have good lung capacity but are not using it (properly) to it's potential.

Surf

Jogging doesn't do anything but make you tired........and unliked by the
general population.

Surf McBrowse said:

<[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

I am an amateur trumpet player and a runner.

Wow. Do you run in the morning? That could really annoy the

neighborhood. I

Quoted message said:

hope your not in LA.

Seriously though, are you adept at "belly breathing"? It is possible

you

Quoted message said:

have good lung capacity but are not using it (properly) to it's

potential.

Quoted message said:

Surf

Surf:
Maybe not. Maybe I need to concentrate and practice more. In case you
are interested, I posted a similar question on Google Group's
rec.music.makers.trumpet group: trumpet players & running. Thanks for
your idea.
Murph

Leafing through rec.running, I read a message from [email hidden]
of 04 Jan 2005:

Quoted message said:

I am an amateur trumpet player and a runner. I am 50 years old, have
been playing trumpet for a year, practice about one hour a day and run
4-5 miles every other day at about a 10 minute per mile pace. With all
the running I do, it seems to me that I should be able to play trumpet
longer without running out of breath. Does anyone else play a wind
instrument and run? Any thoughts on the comparative breathing and
aerobic requirements? Thanks in advance for any thoughts! Murph

Well, you asked for *any* thoughts, so here goes:

I played the trumpet for 15 years. I think the type of breathing required
for playing a wind instrument is a little different from the breathing
required for running. In playing the trumpet you are taking one big breath
and slowly forcing the air from the diaphragm. Depending on the phrase of
the music, you may have to do this for a while before taking another
breath. This has very little to do with supplying extra oxygen to working
muscles. During an aerobic activity, such as running, your breathing rate
increases and more air is supplied to the longs, thereby supplying the
muscles with the needed oxygen to perform at a higher level.

I do think that running will improve your trumpet playing in that it will
somewhat increase your ability to sustain a phrase without taking a breath,
since your lungs ability to process the air into oxygen will have improved.
However, I don't think it is as direct a correlation as you may assume.

Just my thoughts, as crazy as they may seem.

Phil M.

--
"What counts in battle is what you do once the pain sets in." -John Short,
South African coach.

How you manage to breath while running and playing a trumpet is beyond
me.

Quoted message said:

I played the trumpet for 15 years.>

That's gotta be an endurance record.

"Ted" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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How you manage to breath while running and playing a trumpet is beyond
me.

my butt-trumpet was quite active on my run this morning.

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

I am an amateur trumpet player and a runner. I am 50 years old, have
been playing trumpet for a year, practice about one hour a day and run
4-5 miles every other day at about a 10 minute per mile pace. With all
the running I do, it seems to me that I should be able to play trumpet
longer without running out of breath. Does anyone else play a wind
instrument and run? Any thoughts on the comparative breathing and
aerobic requirements? Thanks in advance for any thoughts! Murph

I've noticed the same thing with yodeling. Running 50 miles a week
doesn't seem to help my yodelling any, but it sure helps me get away
from all the fellow campers and climbers I've [censored] in the
process.

That was months ago you moron.