Send help. Roland Nicholas (my piano) and I are in counseling, and the piano isn’t speaking to me. Well, not exactly ... For the entire month of November, my faithful Roland sat in the corner like a dusty houseplant. Total practice time for the month ? A pathetic 11 hours. I probably spent at least as many hours scrolling X. What happened? I Re-discovered Muscles A couple of months ago, I learned that my club's volleyball coaches would have a full-day training session in early November, and that we would be doing some of the drills. Ack! After years of a desk job + 1-2 hours of piano daily + a car accident September, I knew I needed to get back in shape! So I started the daily workouts. Fantastic for glutes, great for triceps, terrible for Chopin and ragtime. The workouts pretty much replaced my piano-practice sessions for a few weeks. A Busy Month for Coaching Early November was a whirlwind of middle-school volleyball clinics, subbing for sick coaches, and the full-day training wh...
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