Strength Training
Strength Train to:
– Get strong to paddle faster
– Get Strong to Paddle easier
– Get strong to avoid Injuries
Strength Train to:
– Get strong to paddle faster
– Get Strong to Paddle easier
– Get strong to avoid Injuries
To finish races…It helps if you don’t stop.A large part of “not stopping” is Resilience. Resilience is what gets you through those hard training sessions and races that just hurt. A lot!Resilience is not...
Self Sabotage – It is a natural protective human behaviour to Self Sabotage when things get tough. To race well, we must learn to recognise when the “self sabotage mechanism is limiting us too much”, and find ways to overcome it.
Most people only think about SUP Race Pacing half way through a race as their peers slowly pull away from them. You were not to know that they have been practicing race starts for...
Why Race? So why bother Racing? Community: Challenges: Health & Fitness: Self Improvement: Fun: Mental Health: There are loads of reasons to race and as you improve, your motivations will change. Its worth looking at...
What is SUP Racing? Simply put: It is any race that you complete on a Stand Up Paddle board. It is probably the easiest type of racing (on the water) to get into, and...
Stimulating our Parasympathetic nervous system calms us down
Framing your thoughts is a powerful way of getting you out of a mid race slump.
Self Talk is: Self-Talk can be Instructional or Motivational Self Talk: Instructional They will be discussed at length in the Skills posts Self Talk: Motivational Mind Training is still hard work but worth it...
You have to change your body if you want to get stronger, more flexible and have amazing endurance.
There are two types of Motivation that are critical to racing success.
Paddling Psychology
There are two areas that you need to perfect for success
1. Training Mindset
2. Racing Mindset
Setting Goals is critical to paddling faster.
Here are some suggestions to get you started.
Racing is great. Here are some reasons to start racing
Fun, sprint, technical, distance and ultra’s are all types of racing. There is something to suit everyone 🙂
To quote Larry Cain; “The mind wins first”.This is so true but it is fair to say that without preparation “The Mind loses first” On most races, the most likely culprit for poor performance,...
Quick wins to help you SUP faster