Performance Advice from a Bodybuilder?

Just now I'm slightly obsessed with the amount we can learn from sportspeople about practice and this article struck me as interesting. Replace "competition" with "gig" and you're most of the way there.

How often do you practice mental discipline and control of nerves/anxiety in the woodshed? If you're anything like me, not very. Well, I have some thoughts about parallels between guitar and bodybuilding, so this may not be as out-there as it looks. Watch this space...