A case study compiled by the University of Chichester and the University of Gloucestershire concludes that drummers burn as many calories per hour as professional footballers, according to planetrock.co.uk.The study, which used Blondie drummer Clem Burke as its subject, shows that drummers burn between 400-600 calories per hour with a heart rate of around 150bpm – as many as a Premiership footballer does during a match.
Dr Marcus Smith, of Chichester, told The Independent that “there is a clear link between fitness and performance. Musicians need exceptional stamina to sustain optimum output, especially when on tour.
“Footballers can normally expect to play 40 to 50 games a year. But in a 12-month period, Clem played 90-minute sets at 100 concerts. If you studied the heart rates of a Premiership footballer and Clem over 90 minutes, you wouldn't know which was which.”
Which proves that a) footballers must be lazy and overpaid, and b) that you really do need to be slightly crazy to be a drummer.
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