Thinking out of the box, its a different perspective and I think this line of thought could be very helpful.  It one of the reasons for choosing the name Drummercise, to exercise on the drums

 Fitness:when I first started to play in a band, rehearsals was a three to four hour workout. Being younger I’d had the gunn-hoe mentality towards the drums, I was self taught so did have much in the way of knowledge apart from what I’d listen to (mostly Brit-pop) but this gave me a ferocious energy in playing the drums most of the time I was working very hard to play the drums, which gave my body a great work out every week!

 Stress: I dont think that this need much explaining but here one is, hitting things, that’s a form of stress relief!

 Self-discipline: Everyone should try to learn something new, a lot of people find the act facing the  unknown debilitating. Try reading ‘Feel the fear and do it anyway’. A very good self-motivating book or sit in a cool bath for a couple of minutes this is test of self-discipline I saw on TV once. Can you build-up the motivation to do it?

This is the exercise.

Lots and lots of double strokes, on all four limbs all at the same time!!

R R L L R R L L (hands)

R R L L R R L L (feet)

 The hands and arms can be moved around the kit onto various drums or cymbals to work you upper body and the feet will keep going, try playing with the heel up (off the pedal board) and heel down.

 Vary the dynamics while doing this, keep the same speed but very slowly decrease the volume and hold for a minute, again increase or decrease the volume and hold for another minute.  If your a trooper, play for five minutes, if you haven’t got your sweat on, then increase the speed at which your playing, or the extend the time you play for.

 Afew warnings, keep your strokes even and play from the wrist and elbows - the motion you want is like cracking a whip. Just to be clear your not hammering down with an axe on a tree stump, doing this will lead to injuries.