How do you warm up your arm/hand?

[Mammoth]

No this isn't a porn thread you WANKER!!!
What are the most effective ways to warm up before hitting a grueling hour of guitar playing. I find myself sore in the underarm though not from exhaustion due to extensive playing but to poor warm ups I guess. At other times I find a cold surrounding to reek havoc on the ligaments in the fingers. What are the do's and don'ts? How do you start of a session?








*edit*

someone spell check that for me before MagSec reads it?

 

[~metal_maiden~]

That's what I wanna know about playing the keyboard for hours without straining your wrists.

 

[Stun]

If you have your picking technique down correctly you shouldn't really get tired. Unless you mean like strumming, but I assumed you meant riffs and melodies... with the proper technique you can play until your fingers bleed and your arm will be just fine (trust me on this one).

 

[RockBodom]

chromatic runs and a slow metronome

 

[Serge...]

I just play whatever.

 

[MagSec4]

Or you could do like NeedledWarheart and wank for a bit : D

someone spell check that for me before MagSec reads it?

 

[BodomiC]

hmm, I usually just play about 30mins some scales, riffs and stuff before I really begun playing. When my hands are cold or someking "jammed" I othen wash them with cold water and dry with a towel. It helps fucking alot

 

[Mammoth]

hmm, When my hands are cold or something "jammed" I othen wash them with cold water and dry with a towel. It helps fucking alot

I read somewhere that one shoud really wash up before playing due to the fact that your fingers contain lots of nastiness on them and that it kills the strings (something among the lines of acidity?)

@Stun I meant the left (in my case the "neck") hand, picking hand is never a problem.

@Bodomic is that a second fine Kramer guitar I see at the back of your avatar? and"something jammed" (man I just saw that)
*makes free interpretation and smiles at the thought of Bodomic getting it up the poopshoot!*

 

[BodomiC]

I read somewhere that one shoud really wash up before playing due to the fact that your fingers contain lots of nastiness on them and that it kills the strings (something among the lines of acidity?)

@Bodomic is that a second fine Kramer guitar I see at the back of your avatar? and"something jammed" (man I just saw that)
*makes free interpretation and smiles at the thought of Bodomic getting it up the poopshoot!*

yeah, it helps alot, and be sure that Ill shoot you with a poop one day I was talking about a typical situtation when your hands just not do the things you want to

EDIT: that is not an another "fine Kramer", but a fine red guitar I used for 5 years