Re: Hobbies?
Posted: Tue Mar 16, 2010 1:51 am
I started a new hobby: I joined the Bel Canto choir of Milwaukee, which attempts some pretty ambitious choral music concerts four times per year. After a few weeks of rehearsal, I received my music folder, and discovered I couldn't really hold it with my left (injured) arm. It's the kind with a black handle strap on the spine.
So I started doing exercises with a 8 lb weight. Neck muscles and biceps. Also some 1 mile runs. A few weeks of that and I was able to hold my folder without too much difficulty. Except it takes me a while to find the right way to hold the handle each time.
They put me in the front row of the choir so I was freaking out a little. Only a little.
As a bonus I feel like my arm is hanging a little straighter. Might be just a feeling.
-Erik
So I started doing exercises with a 8 lb weight. Neck muscles and biceps. Also some 1 mile runs. A few weeks of that and I was able to hold my folder without too much difficulty. Except it takes me a while to find the right way to hold the handle each time.
They put me in the front row of the choir so I was freaking out a little. Only a little.
As a bonus I feel like my arm is hanging a little straighter. Might be just a feeling.
-Erik