training

If you are feeling a bit sluggish and toxic from over-indulging over the last couple of weeks—as I am—now’s the time to start cleaning out our bodies as we head into a healthier 2012.

Aim to drink half your body weight in ounces of water each day (ex: 150 lb person should drink 75 oz daily).

Very cool, on-land clinic shot in Wisconsin. Goes through the 4 stages. Really good video

I’m speaking to you as we speak from the now to the middle of the now.

This is a great article about SUP injuries: From the article: Beginning last fall, I began to write columns for her on the most common SUP overuse injuries I found while riding big waves and paddling long downwinders on Maui’s North Shore. Stand-Up Paddling could be one of the most symmetry-intensive training programs around. It is probably one of the …

Endurance and reducing injury is paramount for more time on the water

As a result of higher intensity, complexity and density and the increase in the number of reps and sets and executing the movements faster (remember, in the previous mesocycle we were talking about slow and controlled movements) maximum strength gains will be somewhat reduced and will gradually be converted to maximum muscle endurance and maximum speed andurance (that we can also call power endurance).

First of all, I would like to emphasize that the present series on strength training contains very elementary and simple information regarding the periodization of strength and its benefits for the competitive SUP-er. Its main purpose is to give those who are interested in improving their performance an outline, a general idea of its workings.

The ultimate goal of strength training and conditioning for standup paddleboarding is to elevate the athletes’ overall capacity to perform through a properly structured and periodized strength training program..Larry Comments in Bold

Nikki Gregg’s badass Stand Up Paddle Fitness DVD is now available! Nice work nikki. Hope Nui’s doing well!