Music Strong, LLC

11/23/2025

I'm redoing my series of short instrument specific workouts and I would so rather have a picture of an actual musician than a stock photo - drop.yours below or DM me and the winner will be featured - happy to promote you/your page/your music!

11/06/2025

Every once in awhile you stumble on to something that truly makes a difference in your body and is a FUN Challenge. Not often, but this one makes me and every one of my clients laugh, WHILE we're working on our shoulder issues.
https://musicstrong.com/bodyblade/
https://youtu.be/cgqOpzmckF8

I do not own rights to this music.These are a couple of my favorite ways to use a Body Blade to activate the muscles of the Rotator Cuff!Looking for more spe...

10/21/2025

When planks get boring , progress them. One way to do this is to add a level of instability, while maintaining stability. The stronger you are the less your hips will move.

Don't just keep doing something because it's familiar: progress it if it's too easy, regress it if it's too hard.

This exercise great for just about every musician, working the connection between upper and lower body, the cross body connection between hips and shoulders, increasing stability in the shoulder girdle and endurance in the deltoids, endurance in the abdominals and low back muscles and really can be progressed a lot of ways.

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10/20/2025

Training core is more than just abs, and we all know how good planks can be for us but let's face it: they can get boring. These are a few options that are fantastic for musicians and here's why:

1) wall plank+ serratus activation= great for those rehabbing shoulders, strengthening serratus keeps shoulders stable and wall plank is 👌 for those not ready for full planks on the floor

2) plank to pushup = needing a progression from planks, this adds in mobility while trying to keep things stable (you can see my struggle!)

3) reverse planks = let's open up your chest and rounded shoulders - fantastic progression - way harder than it looks (in the bassoon workout)

4) body saw = (this is in the flute workout!) increases activation in serratus anterior and lats and challenges your upper body muscles to move while the rest of you is stable.

5) plank taps = looks easy but don't shift the weight in your hips. Perfect progression for those who play asymmetrical instruments

6) TRX plank Pike: when holding a suspended plank is too easy, this really targets your transverse abdominua (and low abs) perfect for wind and brass players

7) alligator 🐊 drag= a progression (or alternate option) fro hanging planks and body saws. When too easy add a weight under your toes.

Want to see these programmed into a workout that's already written for you? Check out the Music Strong Membership (link in bio) and get access to EVERYTHING free for a week. This includes instrument specific workouts (with appropriate progressions and regressions) as well as pain point specific exercise routines (get rid of your crunchy shoulders, back pain, weak rotator cuff or wrist pain) and a whole lot more!

More coming, but save this so you don't lose it!

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10/13/2025

Headaches? Tight neck?
Play violin, viola, flute or do anything else that repetitively keeps you turning your head to one side?

You need this guy and it's called a body back buddy. Very similar to a theracane. It's just got more k***s. I'm using it here to relax the upper trap.
You find the trigger point. Press the end of the ball into the upper trap and then bring your head gently to the side. Stretching it AS you press.

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www.musicstrong.com/membership - on sale for a short time PLUS a week free trial, what do you have to lose?

10/12/2025

Sneak peak of the work out at the end and if you want to see some of the workout video -checkout 2 videos ago!

It's not your fault if you're in pain, it IS your fault if you stay there. Make this the year that you change those statistics and if you're a runner 🏃🏃‍♀️and you want to increase your endurance and strength on the road and on your instrument, this 2 month progressive workout is for you! Go ahead and Try adding this to your running routine and share your results in the membership in our private Discord channel!

It's the community you want and need and right now you can get it all at a discount PLUS your first week FREE.

Check it out at www.musicstrong.com/membership

10/11/2025

I know, this whole year I've been a little MIA and I can tell you why in about six more weeks but behind the scenes.l, I have been working on the Music Strong membership.

Over the last 15 years what I have seen from musicians is that you're tired of being in pain, you don't know where to start, sometimes you're time poor and sometimes you're cash poor.

None of those are actual excuses. If you make the decision to take charge of your health and take care of your first instrument which is your body, the rest will fall into place. But nothing happens until you make a decision.

It's not your fault that you got injured, but it is your fault if you stay that way.

It's not your fault you don't know what to do, it's not your teacher's fault either. Here's the thing. Pain is a signal that something is wrong and if we ignore it it doesn't just go away. It gets worse.

Pretty soon that pain that you're feeling during rehearsal or halfway through a set is going to start taking over and impacting your performance and after just a little bit your audience is going to start to notice. (A la Justin Timberlake letting the audience sing his songs or lip syncing not actually performing) 🙄🫣

Where you are is probably not your fault and I empathize with you.

It IS your fault if you just stay there and don't do anyone about it because rest isn't rehab and hope is not a strategy. If you have an overuse injury and you rest it doesn't go away, comes right back the minute you go back to the thing that caused it.

So, make the decision to do something and to make that decision easier, I'm running a promotion on my membership: all access to EVERYTHING FOR A WEEK FREE! After that you get the discounted rate for 3 months, which should give you plenty of time to find out if this is right for you and to explore all the options we've got to help you find the program that's right for you.

*Community. * Courses. *Workouts. *Guest artists

Check it out.

And I applaud you for doing something about it. I'm proud of you! Let's stop accepting the statistics and go change them!

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