well, this is still piano

[pianistimo]

did you know you can improve your finger dexterity by eating cheerios like a 3 years old?

did you know dry ice can harm you? important if you perform with clouds of it.  www.musicianshealth.com/environmental.htm

did you know that continuous vibrations can damage your dexterity?
www.osha.gov/SLTC/etools/sawmills/vibration.html

ok. here's a question.  i had a root canal a couple of weeks ago, and that also hampered my dexterity soon afterwards.  i think it was the antibiotics. 

has anyone experienced effects on the physiology of their playing by some activity?

[jeremyjchilds]

After Rock climbing, my 4th finger is very very weak

[thalbergmad]

shooting my 80 pound longbow screws me up for a few hours.

[pianistimo]

you're funny.  80 lbs?  wow. 

and, rock climbing, yes, that would do it, too.

well, i'm off to bicycle.  (likes the feeling of hands being on top of the washing machine).

[thalbergmad]

Yeh 80lbs, kill a man (or girlfriend) at 200 yards.

I hope you use a nice thick cork bar tape.

Just fitted a 12-27 to my madone to help me get up the hills.

[Siberian Husky]

Yeh 80lbs, kill a man (or girlfriend) at 200 yards.

funk yeah

[pianistimo]

thick cork bartape.  that's a novel idea for me, but i've seen it so many times.  why didn't i think of that!  ok.

[quantum]

Does attempting to eat crackers with a knife and fork (without actually touching the cracker or the cracker box for than matter) count?

[spirithorn]

Just fitted a 12-27 to my madone to help me get up the hills.

Wow.  If you're riding a Trek Madone you must be into serious cycling.

[thalbergmad]

I did one 10 mile time trial and just scraped in under 29 minutes.

One of the cyclists who beat me was 67.

That was the end of serious cycling for me.

[spirithorn]

I did one 10 mile time trial and just scraped in under 29 minutes.

I tell my cycling buddies this:  next time you're on a 6 or 8 percent uphill grade, pedal up to 14.5 mph.  Get used to the effort level.  Then imagine holding that speed on the uphill grade for 9.5 miles.  That's a Lance Armstrong time trial.

[BoliverAllmon]

I tell my cycling buddies this:  next time you're on a 6 or 8 percent uphill grade, pedal up to 14.5 mph.  Get used to the effort level.  Then imagine holding that speed on the uphill grade for 9.5 miles.  That's a Lance Armstrong time trial.

oh nothing much. LOL