We know that having a good posture betters your health dramatically. Working out correctly, stretching and massaging are activities that improve your posture by increasing blood flow to the muscles, fascia and joints. I would say, yet again, that it all comes down to movement. Movement is the initiator of life. It is the ultimate… Continue reading Breathing & Walking
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Core Support 1
Singing & Lower Back Pain
In the last few months I've been experiencing some intense outbreaks of lower back pain. The truth is that I've been overdoing it, overloading with weight training on my barbell squats, not stretching my hamstrings enough (one day we'll talk about how tight hamstrings compromise the posture of your squat), and as a result my… Continue reading Singing & Lower Back Pain
Breathing Mobility Warm Up 1
Warm-Up exercises combining breathing support/endurance and trunk mobility. Always pay attention to the posture first, then focus on the activity of the exercise itself while maintaining a steady air flow (= steady vocal sound). Basic posture always: knees unlocked, chin parallel to the ground, eyes looking ahead, shoulders and chest relaxed, body weight on heels.… Continue reading Breathing Mobility Warm Up 1
The Six-Pack Abs Singer
If you are a singer of worth, you will know about the popular belief that singers - specially classical singers - cannot develop a six-pack figure, because the hardening and tensioning of the abdominal muscles will impede the flexibility to breath deep and therefore sustain the notes steadily for a long time. Also stiffness in… Continue reading The Six-Pack Abs Singer
