Tuesday, July 22, 2008

ROCK DRUMMERS=TOP ATHLETES



Playing the drums for a rock band requires the stamina of a Premiership footballer, research suggests.
Tests on Clem Burke, the veteran Blondie drummer, revealed that 90 minutes of drumming could raise his heart rate to 190 beats a minute.
Despite rock's reputation for unhealthy living, Dr Marcus Smith, from Chichester University, said drummers needed "extraordinary stamina".
A hour in concert could burn between 400 and 600 calories, he said.


via BBC

2 comments:

...aly... said...

sweatin' to the oldies in a ctown church mmmhmmmm.

the xarlacc said...

uungh i heard that ! church!