10 hours guitar workout

I've once read on a 'back issues' thumbnail of guitar player that Steve VAI had written an article about his ten hour workout. Has anyone heard about it? What was it about? Is it somewhere on the web?

Someone was after that very workout a few months back if I recall...it later proceeded into a conversation of the importance of playing what suits you and developing your own scheme - but, it did generate a fair amount of interest. Whatever came of it though I couldn't tell you...no one posted any results of finding it, but here's to hoping someone knows where it is! Anyone?...

I read somewhere that he would jog for about 2 hours, followed by an hour of free weights, 3 hrs of aroebics, an hr on the treadmill, and um..lets see thats 7hrs...and nap for 3!! (all while having the guitar strapped to his back)

He'd jog for THREE hours, followed by two hours weights, than the treadmill for another hour, then two hours aroebics and only a two hour nap...
Easy mistake to make though, these reporter types always get their facts mixed up here and there...
(Hehehe...)

wasn't there sometime to go to the barber shop?? That was the 80s, remember?

I guess all of those spandex outfits from the 80's really came in handy during the aerobic phase of his 10 hour workout.

I think I remember seeing the article with Steve Vai's workout in an old issue of "Guitar -- for the Practicing Musician." I don't believe that the magazine is still being printed, but I think that the people at "Guitar One" used to be affiliated with the old "Guitar" magazine. You might try contacting "Guitar One" to see if they could help you. If you can figure out the magazine and issue date, then you should try going on one of the online auction sites and run a search for the name of the magazine. I know at one time ebay had a lot of the old Guitar magazines for sale and I was able to get a back issue that I was looking for. Also, if any of those rock & roll memorabilia conventions periodically come to your town, they always have tons of those old guitar magazines.

yep, I might try this!!

You could always ask Snikbar to have Steve Vai send you a copy of his ten hour workout the next time he sees him at Gold's Gym.

didn't think about it!!!!

i have this magazine

:)


december 1991 "guitar world"
3 songs
"freebird"
"tommy the cat"
"looks that kill"

from the magazine...


".......He said he would always document everything he did
- and practice 10 hours a day! The first hour was dcevoted
to technical exercises, the second to scales, and the third
to some sort of "chord thing." He would repeat these
areas of study three times. The exercises were divided
into three categories:
linear picking, stretching and angular........"


then theres a buncha tab to go with it


-G



[Edited by jarviss on 01-09-2002 at 01:15 AM]

thanks, I have found the first three hours on the net, and I thought it was crazier...

Go to http://www.vai.com I'm sure he probably has some lessons or tips or some advice about playing the Guitar.

well, there isn't this stuff!!