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Practice, Practice, Practice One can never practice enough. Muscle memory is only accomplished by live firing, dry firing or air pistol practice. Lifting a weight every day and holding the weight in your shooting position for 90 seconds builds your shooting muscles. You should do the same exercise with your weak hand to balance your muscles. Exercise is very important. Aerobic exercise can be done on the day of a match. Body building, free weights and nautilus type machines should be avoided up to 3 days before a match. Push-ups can be done early in the day, if you have a night match. Advanced athletes should do up to 25 push-ups every day, 5 days a week. Aerobics are great to calm yourself and keep in shape. Bringing your heart rate up twenty minutes a day, three days a week is minimum to keep the heart in good shape. Stair steppers, walking, running, step aerobics, ski machines, bicycles, and stationary bicycle machines are a few ways to do aerobics. If you build up your health, you will be less stressed under match conditions and you won’t fatigue. |