Drummers fitter than footballers

[pno]

Drummers fitter than footballers
It's official: pro-drummers are as fit as championship footballers. Despite being the subject of bad jokes for decades, it seems that drummers are having the last laugh: turns out they're the fittest people in the band. A recent study by Gloucester University concluded that while playing, pro-drummers can burn up to 900 calories per hour - a work rate on par with premiership footballers. But because top drummers can play up to 100 gigs a year, and premiership footballers play between 40-50 games, it's one-nil to the drumming community. A V-Drum kit is the perfect exercise machine for the modern drummer, providing the ideal training environment for developing premier-league chops.

 

[mrforum]

thats why drummers are very thin. haha

 

[biopromax]

I think i know why im fat. haha.

 

[wasp]

Then why is Gene Hoglan still fat?hmmm..

 

[KissMyAxe]

Haha its a myth. Toto's ex drummer, Jeff Pocaro died of heart attack...

 

[Tribalcast]

Yeah Gene Hoglan and the drummer from ill Nino are big guys but freaking fast and good for their size.

So if this study is really true then Derek Roddy is far more fitter then Christiano Ronaldo? Haha.

 

[biopromax]

You don't have to be thin to be fit. Look at mark henry HAHA WWE>

 

[GrimRiffer]

Haha its a myth. Toto's ex drummer, Jeff Pocaro died of heart attack...

I thought that heart attack can happen anytime regardless of fitness?

 

[Hydrofly]

Explains why I see no fat drummers in speed metal.

 

[visa]

that's nonsense, and any drummer who plays competition level football will attest to that.

 

[Krist]

u noe why Joey Jordison is so successful?

he doesn't waste his time talking and daydreaming.

 

[Jugman]

awesome. down with the crude jokes!

 

[crozzfire]

I don't think its really fair to deduce that..

Look, its the training rather than the matches that keep the footballers fit. For competitive level football, training is rather intense. I myself clock up to 30km every week, excluding matches played.

So, you can't really judge by the amount of gigs and matches played right?

Not taking any sides but I just happen to fall into both categories and thats my POV.

 

[marcdadrummer]

Haha its a myth. Toto's ex drummer, Jeff Pocaro died of heart attack...

there has been a number of deaths when footballers died on the pitch due to a heart attack...

this is just an advertising gimmick.. nothing more...

i myself drummer, i myself not fit.. hahaha... as crozz said, it's the training that keep people fit.. yes drumming is a pretty tiring business, albeit we're the ones sitting down when playing... it burns more calories in a longer span of time i guess... rather than getting tired running around the pitch for less than 20 minutes...

 

[pno]

Yoshiki

Yoshiki of X japan collapsed a few times during shows

 

[visa]

might be drug-related

 

[hii]

i doubt that drumming burns 900 calories per hour.

going on a treadmill for 1 hour at 14km/h burns less then that man.

 

[Hydrofly]

Drumming will burn 900 calories per hour if you're a double pedalling, blast beating drum shredder.

 

[pno]

oh yes, if you play speed metal songs like X Japan fast numbers

not those ballads...

 

[biopromax]

Kissing burns more calories