Music Strong, LLC

Music Strong, LLC We use smart strength training to prevent overuse injuries and address muscle imbalances.

As a personal trainer and classically trained musician, I have made it my goal to prevent injury among musicians. 90% of us have been injured (myself included) as a direct result of playing an instrument, singing or conducting. Most of this is due to ignorance about how to balance our bodies against the demands of our profession. I do one-on-one personal training, small group personal training, online training and workshops - teaching musicians how to prevent pain by overcoming muscle imbalances: stretch what's tight, strengthen what's weak and learn overuse injury prevention techniques. Every client of mine comes away balanced and strong and with a unique working knowledge of their bodies.

Y'all I am SO excited to share that the FIRST Musician's Wellness Retreat is happening at The Farm Wellness Escape May 3...
03/31/2026

Y'all I am SO excited to share that the FIRST Musician's Wellness Retreat is happening at The Farm Wellness Escape May 3-6! I'll be leading classes on body awareness, movement, injury prevention and strength training for musicians (and depending on our guests, it might get more instrument specific)with time for you to RETREAT and literally "Tune Out the Noise to Tune Into Yourself".

I want everyone to leave with a more connected understanding of how their bodies work, enabling you to pinpoint pain or dysfunction before it starts. You'll also learn corrective exercises to and have routines for backstage preparation and post-show cool-down. In addition, you'll leave not just with knowledge, confidence, energy, clarity and creativity, but your OWN routine to help you perform at your best.

My goal is for everyone to leave with a better understanding of how strength training benefits the body, mind and emotions and a way they can incorporate it into their routines.

So if you're tired of
*burnout
*exhaustion
*overwhelm and lack of creativity
*nagging aches and pains that only get worse
*fear that your career could end because of injury

And you would much rather enter the stage, the tour, the studio with:
*confidence
*energy
*ethusiasm
*empathy

This retreat is for you.

Up to 90% of us in the musician industry experience pain or injury as a result of what we do....and yet, we are told to figure it out ourselves and given few resources....it stops here and now.

You're not alone.

You don't have to quit.

But you DO have to do something.

Details:
* All Meals are included
* Lodging on-site is included and available to share or stay on your own. This includes full size laundry, coffee and communal area, asl well as the grounds and lodge, library, theater, etc.

*You can tailor this retreat your way. You can "stay and play" which is my classes+ammenities or you can do the "all inclusive" package which includes literally everything, including all of the classes the Farm hosts (everything from yoga to HIIT, cycle classes, functional fitness, etc.).

Final details coming soon, get on the "first to know" list here - and please share with a friend!
https://musicstrong.myflodesk.com/hn1wxjphea

Our first ever Musician's Wellness Retreat - are you ready to Tune Out the NOISE and Tune Into YOURSELF? It's time we t...
03/25/2026

Our first ever Musician's Wellness Retreat - are you ready to Tune Out the NOISE and Tune Into YOURSELF?

It's time we take care of ourselves before this touring season starts.

Get on the exclusive invite list and get details here:

https://musicstrong.myflodesk.com/hn1wxjphea

is on tour with a stop at my studio today! Come play some beautiful flutes just email info@fluteauthority.com. See yo...
03/25/2026

is on tour with a stop at my studio today! Come play some beautiful flutes just email info@fluteauthority.com. See you this afternoon!

03/24/2026

Woodwind doublers - do this quick routine before you play or in addition to your regular gym workout, as a warm-up you'll see your rates of injury. Go down and your insurance while playing go out!

Full version in the Music Strong Membership (link in bio)

www.musicstrong.com/membership

Thanks to .n.winds For the picture with her instruments! Y'all go check her out and throw her some support as well!

I love to feature real musicians playing their instruments for my covers. If you would like to be featured, send me a cool shot! I still need all the brass and audio engineers.

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It can take YEARS to find your flute, let alone your perfect flute head joint combination. I just found mine this last A...
03/22/2026

It can take YEARS to find your flute, let alone your perfect flute head joint combination. I just found mine this last August after almost a decade.... And how do you get there? Do you have to play a lot of flutes!

Why not come play them in my bamboo floored studio?

has ALWAYS been my Friend but I didn't know it, I had a Divine heart 3sb solid silver flute with plated keys and in college. I couldn't afford a new flute but I could afford a new head joint and I tried everything. I almost got a worms. I almost got a Sheridan but the Miyazawa MZ-7 I got I still absolutely love.

I played in a lot more sleeps and then when the Army gave me the opportunity. Finally to stop playing my own flute and buy what I wanted. I knew what I wanted because I had tried them. I got a Miyazawa 602 Kelly while flute and it was right after the Brögger mechanism came out and it was a game changer.

I had to give it back to the National Guard who owned it when I left in 2019.... I've been on the hunt for my perfect instrument since and I found it after playing about 50 different flutes (you can see all of it on my blog or on my YouTube channel where we we're describing different flute weights) Miyazawa still had my heart and I settled on the same body but different headhount. You will never know what is YOUR voice until you play it. It can be a long game, that's ok!

Reposted from ✨ Hello Nashville area flutists! ✨

We’re so excited to invite you to a Miyazawa Open House on Wednesday, March 25, from 2:00–7:00 PM.

This is a space to come as you are, regardless of where you are in your artistic journey. We will have a specially curated selection of Miyazawa flutes and headjoints available for you to try. Miyazawa certified technician and staff member, Lauren Carr will be in attendance to help guide you and answer any questions. We’re especially grateful to our friend Angela McCuiston, founder of Music Strong, for welcoming us into her community and helping make this gathering possible.

We hope you’ll stop by, connect, and spend some time in a space made for community, care, and music. Please email info@fluteauthority.com to reserve your spot!

03/16/2026

Strength training for your fingers? YES!
Strength AND recovery? YES!
Check out (made by a fellow alum and engineer!) to help you with your grip strength, to give you relief from arthritis symptoms and other aches and pains.

And use code "MusicStrong" for a discount!

So glad to finally have something I can recommend to my fellow musicians for their hands!!

What should I address about them? Next? Drop your questions below!

03/05/2026

Cellists, do this workout to prevent overuse injuries, keep your body in balance and increase your endurance so you can rock out on whatever stage you're on!

Full version (and longer version) are in the Music Strong Membership (link in bio)

www.musicstrong.com/membership

The rock star on the cover is my former client currently touring with and . She's got a new song out with , go download it!


(thanks for the music!)

02/26/2026

Good question: what weight is appropriate?
A: appropriate for what?
Short answer?
You want to pick up the heaviest weight you can that you can maintain with good form for the amount of repetitions you are trying to get. That's why I program a range of repetitions. The goal is not to get to the end number no matter what the goal is to get within that range with proper form and probably at the tempo.

We get focused on metrics like weights and reps way too often. When really the goal is to keep the form and keep the time under tension and we need to be focusing more on tempo than repetitions.

But then again it all depends on your goals.

New program for musicians coming soon in the membership.... Drop the word "appropriate" if you want first details!

SO excited for tonight y'all! Thanks to for hosting me - let's talk injury prevention through strength training for str...
02/23/2026

SO excited for tonight y'all! Thanks to for hosting me - let's talk injury prevention through strength training for string players! We'll go through some corrective exercises and things you can do with very little equipment before and after playing and things you can do in the gym to keep yourself strong!

There's no reason to quit a gig because of pain. Hope is not a strategy so let's devise you a strategy! We'ill be covering that tonight :)

Will be going through some of the exercises in my book "The Musician's Essential Exercises" (which I will have on hand) and a cameo by the
(My absolutely favorite device to take with you in the studio on the road wherever you need it to keep your forearms happy and your wrists pain-free - as a special, use code "Nashville" For the next month only to get a special discount on their device!)

And we're going to end with a bit of a master class style session where we address your individual needs one-on-one.

You can watch the first part on their page.

See you Tonight at 7 PM!

02/21/2026

"it's amazing how playing a block of wood can be so heavy" - one of my former violist clients.

Especially after hours a day....in the same posture....for DECADES.

This workout is designed to bring you more into balance from the imbalances created by your instrument, it's designed to increase your endurance so you can play without pain, you can get rid of shoulder, neck and back pain.

Get the full version in the Music Strong Membership (as well as all our other musician specific workouts, classes and courses. Link in bio.

And see you MONDAY night at for a workshop on injury prevention. Just for string players!

www.musicstrong.com/membership

As a musician, these three areas make up a huge section of what we need to be able to play our instruments well and when...
02/20/2026

As a musician, these three areas make up a huge section of what we need to be able to play our instruments well and when there's a weak Link in the chain, everything compensates and then things start to hurt and then we don't play well and then we rest, etc etc on and on it goes in a vicious cycle.

Let's stop and do something about it

Tomorrow morning we're going to do a corrective exercise strength training workout for these three areas. Non-intensive but you will feel it, bring what you have and watch it later when you have more equipment to change it up.

Progressions, regressions and alternatives for exercises will be given!

There's still time to register and join us, click the link on the bio and see you in the morning !

Click here to register: https://musicstrong.com/classes/

Given as part of the music strong membership, you do not need to be a member to register for this class.

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Nashville, TN

Opening Hours

Monday 9am - 7pm
Tuesday 9am - 8pm
Wednesday 6am - 7pm
Friday 6am - 7pm

Telephone

(931) 698-3130

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