Good advice Sci.

Hope you aren't out for long?

I am tentatively hitting the water for the 1st time today after tearing my MCL 7 weeks ago. Will definately take your advice. Sytretch downs after the sesh are handy too (which i have not made a habit of previously - but which I aim to change).

Best of luck gettin out there Sci.

dynamic stretching is much more effective than static stretches... The whole idea stretching to aviod injury is getting nutrients and fluids into the sinovial joint. dynamically, ie using movement is much more efective than just doing a stretch and hold. Unless the problem is flexability in which case the static stretch works better :)

as silly as it looks the best leg joint stretching you can do is as follows all the following should be done atleast 15-30 times each way and as far as you can reach with out assitance.

start with your anlkles flex them forward then back then rotate left and right

then for the knees stand with your feet together put your hands on your knees and rotate them to the left and the righ, yes you look like a tool but trust me it works :)
you can do the same with your hips as well.. think hula hooping holding into your hipsand rotating all the way around in both directions again.

For shoulders its the same thing, rotating your shoulders back and foward as far as you can stretch without assistance. you alos have to do forward and backwards movement as well. Bring your elbows up to your shoulders and in the same way you would do a bench press and reach forward and back as far as possible.

Hope my directions actually make sense. Sci dude if you want to come and see me i work at personal fitness in tompkin park right next to melville beach I'd be happy to show you some kite specific leg exersises just send me a pm so we can organise a time. swap ya you show me how to ride blind ill show ya how to protect your knee :)

getfunky - Cheers mate I should be back in the water this week. Will take it easy on the blind landings until it feels strong. I am just stoked that it was not more serious as I was coming into land super powered.

How did you tear your MCL?

h20fly - Cheers for the detail! I would love to get some advice on building up the chicken legs for sure haha. Kiting and cycling just seems to make them even skinnier.

I hit the gym pretty hard but I really need to work on my flexibility especially as I am trying to absorb some heavy stomps.

theres a u.s. kite site that has info about specific exercises and hows best to train for kiteboarding by some sports scientist chick.interesting and she kinda cute too!!

mattyjee said...

And don't forget to wipe the sand out of your vagina either...

OUCH!! That sounds painful Matty!

So how do you keep it out then?



H2O Fly - good tips. Anychnace of a link to a videtc? Andy O's?

Sci - Glad to hear you not long term. Did my medial in dodgy weather but largely due to me being complacent. The spiel is here: www.seabreeze.com.au/forums/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=55228&SearchTerms=Medial

BTW Got out last night for the 1st time in 7 weeks and my knee was better than I had hoped, it actually felt better after an hour on the water! STOKED!!

He he - pushed the design parameters of my medium harnes also. Too little excercise and too many chockies/beers/curries lately.