| trumpetpimp, I used to be right along with you in that even after a hard day of playing, I would still play the next day, even if it was just an easy warm up of long tones before putting the horn back in the case.
However, what Laurie is talking about is a bit different than just a hard day of playing - she's talking about total failure and collapse of the chops. Maybe you have never experienced it, but I sure have, although it does take an extraordinary amount of playing, even if I'm out of shape, to get them to that state.
Muscles are muscles and you have to let them recover. Believe me, you really aren't doing your chops any favors by jumping right back in after a total failure situation like the one Laurie described because the end result can be that you can weaken your chops, even if you do get your buzz going good again the next day. It's like lifting weights hard and then not giving your muscles time enough to recover before lifting again.
In any case, I belive that a soft warm up should be the MAXIMUM that you should play the day after over extending yourself like that. If you gotta, you gotta and I understand that, but in my experience, time off and rest has always been the best solution, not more abuse.
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