Bass Drum

To exercise different muscles, position the bass drum a bit further away. The leg is not forming the 90-degree angle in the knee, but a larger one.

The muscles involved:

• calf muscles, Picture of the Calf Muscle
• hip muscles, Muscles of the Hip

For list of techniques, see technique page.

Double Bass

Exercises:

• To develop calf muscles, play heel-down single-stroke double bass; 5 minutes at 80 bpm, 16th notes. Speed up over time. Develop control and muscles.
• To develop hip muscles, use anchor-weights of 1-2kg.
• Flat-foot Technique, for hip flexor muscles (link). Start doing 16th notes at 80bpm and work upwards at 5bpm increments.

Resources

• Bass Drumming Muscles Explained
• Double Bass Drumming Frustrations VLOG #2
• Double Bass Exercises How to start practicing Fast Double Bass Drumming
• Practicing mid-level speeds with double bass