7 Simple Steps To Drumming Success

The following will do more for your training progress than any other super secret drumming technique or exercise:

Think on paper: Only about 3 percent of drummers have clear, written goals. These people accomplish five and ten times as much as people without written goals!

Step 1: Decide Exactly What You Want.

This will allow you to prioritize so that you are spending the most time on high value tasks that move you closer to your goals. If your goal is to play drums in a rock band, there isn’t much point in using up a lot of your practise time by practising jazz fill-ins!

Step 2: Write It Down.

Again, think on paper. Written goals are a powerful thing. They have an energy behind them that helps you move toward them that unwritten goals just don’t have. In fact, you’d do even better by writing down your goals every day.

Yes, every day. It will only take a few moments and will help you tremendously.

Step 3: Set A Deadline On Your Goal.

Create a sense of urgency and positive pressure. Without a deadline, you will procrastinate and do the little things that may damage your short term goals

If you wish to learn a particular technique or rudiment, set time scales on this and keep your mind focused on the deadlines which will encourage that ’sense of urgency’ to complete.

Step 4: Make a List of Everything You Can Think of That You Will Need To Do To Help You Achieve Your Goal.

Leave nothing to chance. The more planning you do ahead of time, the more likely you will stick to the plan and achieve your goals.

The more prepared you are, the more success you will experience.

Step 5: Organize The List Into A Plan.

Organize your list by priority and sequence.

Step 6: Take Action On Your Plan Immediately.

Do something. Get started. Start building positive reinforcement and momentum RIGHT NOW.

Step 7: Resolve To Do Something Every Single Day That Moves You Toward Your Major Goal.

And with drumming, you have to, don’t you? Whether it is your rudiments, listening to tapes, reading drum instruction manuals etc., you should always be doing something that moves your forward toward your goals.

If you continue to focus on and perform these 7 steps, you’ll be amazed at the results you’ll see with your drumming skills, speed and techniques.

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The danger of any weight loss program is that you may lose more muscles than fats. This is not healthy at all because when you lose muscles, your metabolism will slow down and your body will in turn retain more fats.

So how do you know if you are burning more muscles than fats? There is a simple and inexpensive way to find out.

Firstly, you must know that whenever your body burn fats for energy, a certain chemical call ketones are released. “When your body releases ketones, it is chemical evidence that you’re consuming your own stored fat.” said the famous MD Dr Atkins.

You want your body to burn the food you have eaten and even more so if you are obese, your body fat for energy and not your muscles.

One simple yet inexpensive way of knowing whether you are burning your body fat or muscles is to test for the production of ketones. If you are releasing ketones, you are burning fats instead of your muscles. If you are you are on a weight loss program and you are not producing ketones, then your program is not effective because you are burning other energy sources such as carbs or your own muscles. That means your weight loss program is virtually ineffective and can even be dangerous.

Ketones strips to test for ketones in your urine are readily available in most pharmacies. These strips are usually used by diabetics but are also a wonderful tool to check how effective your weight loss program is.

If you are losing weight and do not include exercises and a healthy diet in your weight loss program or you are actually on a severe caloric restriction diet, chances are very high that you may be burning your muscles for energy instead of your fats. Losing too much muscle is dangerous and may be fatal. Do know that your heart is a muscle. Does this statement give you warning bells?