Running and Pushups

[borchnork]

  SerialSleeper90 said:

lol. I was confronted today by some flutes about yours or whoever's idea. I really didn't know what to say. On one hand I was like... "great idea!" On the other hand I realized your section makes up about 90% of "the infirmary".

 

 

And oddly enough, it's "the infirmary" that always misses it.

 

We almost did them last year because of flute angles, but they fixed it instantly, so I'm hoping the same sort of result comes of this and we don't actually have to do push-ups.

[Drillz]

Our band does 2 laps every day at the start of practice. We do it not because we're being punished, but because it helps raise our endurance level so that we may have a better performance.

[barisaxy08]

we do 3 - 4 minutes of jumping jacks to start off our rehearsals. I love it.

[SerialSleeper90]

LOL During band camp we would do jumping jacks for about that long. Not because it was part of the schedule, but because people couldn't COUNT TO 25!#%(*@#@!!!

[ddmwingz]

this summer i had my section get together outside of school and do pushups, situps, squats(weightless), calf raises, and running. it was actually pretty pathetic for some ppl(not all), but they improved from practically nothing to actually quite a bit for them

[Salesmonkey]

We let our members "feel free to celebrate" when they miss something. Celebrating usually involves 5-10 pushups and is used as a "mental reminder" to not mess up the same thing twice. Leaders can enforce it as well as drum majors and and directors. Most of the time its a self-discipline kind of thing though.

 

We do Hindu before comps too. Its kinda like a stress relieving thing where you start of by rolling your neck, then shouldars with you chin on your chest, then roll down your back, seperate the feet, and hang tensionless for a couple seconds. Then do everything in reverse till your standing up straight again, reach as high as you possibly can for a few seconds, then throw everything down like a ragdoll so your back hanging tensionless. And repeat a couple of times until instead of reaching for the skies, you are called to attention. Its pretty relaxing if you ask me, but some people dont take it serious and goof off the whole time.

[QuadraticBeats]

Simply this.

 

Beast.

[TRtrumpet]

We did alot of running this year. I think it was really good for our band

[GenericWit]

I remember during section leader/drum major training, when they first made us run, my reaction was ".... wtf?" to be quite frank. But we started doing it then, continued through freshmen camp, and into full band camp. We did it all band camp, and I think it really got people ready to march at 172. I mean, we'd never gone that fast before and the fact that we're able to this year shows something.

 

We didn't have to do pushups, but we did do crazy body strengthening stretches. Most of us broke a sweat before we even got to fundamentals.

 

I say... thank God for being a section leader this year because... I was definitely happy to be teaching the low brass fundamental block instead of participating in it. I secretly think that that's a reason why section leaders work so hard and take all of the frustration and bad stuff and slavelabor that comes with it... because we get to do less fundamentals... lol.

[dtxtrmpt]

I was allowed to give push ups and laps during summer band, but now that the season is already started I dont think I am anymore. But occasionally the director will make us do push ups. Random things like not counting loud enough, getting behind the beat at one certain area of our show, etc... I think its good. Once we do them, we dont mess the same thing up again.

[GenericWit]

  borchnork said:

we have laps for when you're late to practice or when our director just kinda gets fed up with you.

 

I'm not sure if section leaders are allowed to assign push-ups and stuff for their section to do (I personally don't see anything wrong with it as long as we do it with them so it's fair punishment for all).

 

But I had to "motivate" my section today by saying that we will start using push-ups every time they miss a straight line that the flutes make during set 9. Of course, I'm being met with a lot of opposition because we haven't made that set since we learned it back in August, so that would mean a lot of push-ups.

 

 

  borchnork said:

And oddly enough, it's "the infirmary" that always misses it.

 

We almost did them last year because of flute angles, but they fixed it instantly, so I'm hoping the same sort of result comes of this and we don't actually have to do push-ups.

 

 

LOL... Hahahahaha.

 

I remember today during practice Linley told "the infirmary" to get in, and Roldan looks at them and says "WHAT'S WRONG WITH Y'ALL?" and I blurted out "They're flutes. That's what's wrong." and people around me start laughing. Good times.

 

Not as good as "1 2 1 2 Scott is **** 1 2 3 ready pop." but still...

 

And ummm... I don't know if we're technically allowed to make people do pushups/run/whatever. I've never come into a situation where I've had to. Maybe by Michael's standards but not by mine.

 

P.S. While the flute section leaders threaten running... I told a freshmen in my section that consistently misses a line that every time he missed it, a kitten died. We've kept a dead kitten count. It's dramatically decreased.

[king_kool360]

We (Sherman) run one, sometimes two laps before after-school rehearsals. As for punishment/discipline, one lap for being late, two laps for forgetting instrument, x laps for forgetting dot books (where x=amount of pages missing) though this only happens in the early of the season, and five pushups at discretion, they can be given to anyone by section leaders, drill assistants, drum majors, directors, the people with the most honor (the not fat people) will give themselves pushups for screwing up a set. (like me). The low brass section does 'shups as a section.

 

This year, our trumpet section is REALLY lax. I'ma try out for section leader for next season, and I won't have any of that, no sir!

[GenericWit]

You know... that's not a bad idea, but doesn't it take away from rehearsal if in the middle you drop out for a second to do them? Or do you do them at the end of rehearsal?

 

I think if we make state, the low brass should do something like that. Any thoughts, Dave?

[dtxtrmpt]

I think everyone should run at least a lap a day, hepls keep you in shape. especially if you have asthma like me.

[oDesign]

We do jumping jacks and pushups/situps everyday. During aerobics. Like a warm up thing.

And for demerits it basically marching up and down the field a long time ridiculously fast.

Or in past years, even marching around lake lobo [its only a real lake when it rains. alot.]

 

Oh man, but i would rather do jumping and run laps for 15 minutes straight then do fundementals. Fundementals are sooo hardcore at my school.

Especially Diamond Drill [does anyone else do this? its ridiculous! but effective]

And slide excersice 6-to-5 steps at 180, then having to sprint to get water and back for all our water breaks.

The worst part is, our director will absolutly refuse to move on from fundementals until its exactly how he wants it.

We've seriously spent whole rehearsels in fundementals if we can't get it right.

 

Marching band is sooo much more physical then people give it credit for.

[dtxtrmpt]

jumping jacks were amazing monday night rehersal. it was freezing. 35 jumping jacks got our blood flowing a little more lol

[GenericWit]

  oDesign said:

Oh man, but i would rather do jumping and run laps for 15 minutes straight then do fundementals. Fundementals are sooo hardcore at my school.

Especially Diamond Drill [does anyone else do this? its ridiculous! but effective]

And slide excersice 6-to-5 steps at 180, then having to sprint to get water and back for all our water breaks.

The worst part is, our director will absolutly refuse to move on from fundementals until its exactly how he wants it.

We've seriously spent whole rehearsels in fundementals if we can't get it right.

 

Marching band is sooo much more physical then people give it credit for.

 

Yeah we do some of that. We don't move on until fundamentals look good either. I remember those days during summer band where you'd spend 3 hours straight doing fundamentals... we don't get "water" breaks either since we all have camelbaks.

 

Marching is pretty hxc.

[Tx_Band_Marcher08]

Usually in my band (dickinson), the drum majors don't really assign push ups or laps anymore. The only time that they do assign laps is when the freshmen don't bring out the pit stuff or speakers. As for push ups, we can get those if the band director assigns them for messing up way too much or not having as much dicipline as we usually do. I think it's totally necessary for the success of the band.

[exguardcpt]

When someone would be talking, or slacking, or just do anything wrong, our director would make everyone BUT that particular person do pushups. It worked pretty well. No one wants the stand in the middle of 40 people doing pushups because of their mess up. It kinda enforced working with each other and for each other.

[Tx_Band_Marcher08]

we do the same.

[borchnork]

  exguardcpt said:

When someone would be talking, or slacking, or just do anything wrong, our director would make everyone BUT that particular person do pushups. It worked pretty well. No one wants the stand in the middle of 40 people doing pushups because of their mess up. It kinda enforced working with each other and for each other.

 

wow, I really like that idea.

[TRtrumpet]

  dtxtrmpt said:

I think everyone should run at least a lap a day, hepls keep you in shape. especially if you have asthma like me.

I agree. It does more good than harm. I don't see anything wrong with it.

[GenericWit]

  exguardcpt said:

When someone would be talking, or slacking, or just do anything wrong, our director would make everyone BUT that particular person do pushups. It worked pretty well. No one wants the stand in the middle of 40 people doing pushups because of their mess up. It kinda enforced working with each other and for each other.

 

That's pretty hardcore too. I bet it fixes problems quick.

[TRtrumpet]

I might use that idea for next year.

[french_horn_finatic]

  bossman said:

moan and groan, aww poor kids.

YOU BETTER EARN THAT P.E. CREDIT!

 

PREACH IT!