After the weekend, starting to realise flexibility and tightness through my hips is starting to impact how i surf.
The fitness is fine, but after not much surf time the last few months, the hips are stiff and the pop up is slow. So for the 1st time in a while, i was pulling back or missing sections. I'm guessing this isnt helped by my cube monkey existence.
So without going full on into a PetuBot yoga, thoughts on how to get the flexibility back?
Flexibility
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Re: Flexibility
swissball jacknifes... both strengthen the hip flexors and stretch the glutes/hips.
best bang for buck for electric popups.
minimum effective dose 2 sets of 15 reps 3 times a week.
thats about a 5-10min investment/wk
best bang for buck for electric popups.
minimum effective dose 2 sets of 15 reps 3 times a week.
thats about a 5-10min investment/wk
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Re: Flexibility
Why not do actual popups, surely that would be best for doing them?
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Re: Flexibility
ive got some bad back issues going on, and really got into the stretching a couple months ago and it makes a huge difference. thought about yoga or pilates was told pilates was way to go but fark paying 15-20 bucks a session. sports doc gave me a few things to do , main one hip flexors, and the other putting the elastic band around ankles and crab walking sideways back and forth to strengthen glutes. also do a bunch of stretches that I got on youtube. search motivational doc. take what you need he goes through loads of things for lower back/hips. get a foam roller as well. roll after you surf keeps everythinh loose and gives myofacial releasechannels wrote:After the weekend, starting to realise flexibility and tightness through my hips is starting to impact how i surf.
The fitness is fine, but after not much surf time the last few months, the hips are stiff and the pop up is slow. So for the 1st time in a while, i was pulling back or missing sections. I'm guessing this isnt helped by my cube monkey existence.
So without going full on into a PetuBot yoga, thoughts on how to get the flexibility back?
Re: Flexibility
I find this yoga sequence good
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=d9SpulbEJmU
And these exercises
http://www.sbsboards.com/top-20-surf-fi ... stability/
I try to alternate between them on a daily basis.
Guaranteed to keep you fit and supple for surfing
My daily workout is more honoured in the breach of course
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=d9SpulbEJmU
And these exercises
http://www.sbsboards.com/top-20-surf-fi ... stability/
I try to alternate between them on a daily basis.
Guaranteed to keep you fit and supple for surfing
My daily workout is more honoured in the breach of course
“I don’t necessarily agree with everything I say ”— Marshall McLuhan
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Re: Flexibility
yes. those things are magic.brendo wrote:. get a foam roller as well. roll after you surf keeps everythinh loose and gives myofacial release
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Re: Flexibility
This spinal appeasing exercise works on any tightness in the lower back.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B8eTYU4bjFg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B8eTYU4bjFg
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Re: Flexibility
Got my lower back ache back after taking my sons electric bike for a run. Easier to handle since we took the board tax off and lowered the seat but still pretty heavy. I said I wasn’t going to try and get up thebiggish hills around the traps but I did and strained my back again. Flexibility needs work.
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Re: Flexibility
So I’ve been using a heavy duty bolster on my back and shoulders lately plus another big cushiony one. Really straightened out my back and I’ve been doing a few stretches to loosen up my hips. Feeling better than I have in ages.
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