As long as you're not having trouble getting it up Johnno you'll be right

it's imcs used to be 460/25 now it's 21

jp747 said...

I've noticed my windsurfing or kite related injuries seem to be taking a long time to heal..simple bumps takes a week to subside..scratches take days to toughen..harder injuries don't heal well..bones get crooked..tsk tsk!

Dunno about kiting, but same here for injuries, including windsurfing.

The last few years, I spent roughly 1 hour in ice (mostly shoulders) for each hour sailed. This year is more like 3-to-1. It reeks of the end... I'm dropping more and more moves that seem to aggravate the shoulders. I don't know about the age part of it, but the mileage is catching up with one's lifestyle.

The worst thing is that I play full-contact ice hockey and never seem to get hurt there, in spite of very many close calls. Bizarre...

This thread is depressing.

lotofwind said...

This thread is depressing.

Actually it's making me feel better.. I'm not alone! I have to do stretches every 2hrs ( including nights) after a sail so I'm not stuck in bed with a headache the next day.( but thats not age it's RSI).

Get yourself a hot tub, Soak for 2 hours after every session...Add a few beers and your like new again.....Or you can just try drugs, Voltaren helps me keep going.

jh2703 said...

Get yourself a hot tub, Soak for 2 hours after every session...Add a few beers and your like new again.....Or you can just try drugs, Voltaren helps me keep going.

Great idea, have a few drinks with wifey in spa then chase her around for a couple of laps, you'll forget the pain

How much grog are ya drinkin. I gave up the evil fluid a few years ago and halved my recovery times. worked for me.

How old are you? Why are you hurting yourself?

I'm 54 and the intermittent back problems have become chronic but other than that I possibly fitter now than any time (except when maybe I was doing heaps of cross country skiing.)

I am dubious about the value of stretching before a session. Research shows it doesn't do anything useful. Stretching after has been found to improve recovery.

Certainly warm up before exerting yourself but stretching doesn't do that.

Better than stretching before is to have a regular exercise regime that includes flexibility, strength and endurance. It doesn't have to be hard.

Brisk walks, tummy crunches, push ups, a range of flexibility exercises particularly focusing on the back and anything you're weak in.

Eat and drink less but go for quality and enjoyment. Don't binge.

Get a kite. The gear weighs less, you can use it more and you don't have to dick around with gybes, unless you want to.

maybe am just overdoing it besides the windsports I jog once in awhile but around noontime to double the effect of the heat..I have a three day old scrape on my knee body dragging with the sail back to shore till i braked to stop the board's fin from hitting small rocks but hit my knee instead- that was so bright of me..so after a run today my knee flares up and I was thinking this is only a scrape why the bloat!

jp747 said...

i do my stretches before a session just like sboardcrazy says but it's those little things that usually was easier before..e.g. jamming your backfoot by mistake on the rail instead of the straps didn't matter before now it freakin' hurts..when I carry my board and rig to shore the sail is now on my left cuz the right wrist can't handle it...as again tsk tsk tsk

Yes I used to be able to carry the rig on my head for 1/2km up the beach..now 50m and I'm in bed with a headache..

Gwendy said...

How much grog are ya drinkin. I gave up the evil fluid a few years ago and halved my recovery times. worked for me.

Give up the booze? *shudder* Let's not even go there, please...

terminal said...

Gorgo said...

Get a kite. The gear weighs less, you can use it more and you don't have to dick around with gybes, unless you want to.

True - when you get too old to windsurf anymore, there's always kiting.

Correction: When you get too old to windsurf anymore, there's always knitting.
When the ol' fingers start getting too stiff to knit properly, then there's kiting.

Wet Willy said...

terminal said...

Gorgo said...

Get a kite. The gear weighs less, you can use it more and you don't have to dick around with gybes, unless you want to.

True - when you get too old to windsurf anymore, there's always kiting.

Correction: When you get too old to windsurf anymore, there's always knitting.
When the ol' fingers start getting too stiff to knit properly, then there's kiting.

Wetty you do have a sense of hahaha! am not that old just turning ..../....... this july if you could read the code. I've seen a german guy at 72 yrs old and fit than all of my uncles..he's damn fast on a freeride board and gybes better than most my age..so here's the thing I'd like to be like him when I reach 70. Both sports are wonderful but I find windsurfing to have a fitter output at the end of the day..I've been asking the kiting forums why make bar pressure lower and feather light when we all want to enjoy and be fit at the same time while our imcs is still at at a high percentage.

i know a 56 year old who has a small farm near Midland.

he grows his own fruit + veg,rears his own animals etc.

no coincidence then, he is more agile than than most 16 year olds.

as for stretching before sport,for me i can feel a big difference in flexibility.

warming up is good too. have heard ice-baths make a huge difference.

i always buy the most cushioning pair of trainers i can find,legs feel stiff otherwise.

my imcs used to be 460/25 now 460/15, still good enough for a ride.

when i was playing squash, i used to put on a pair of tracksuit pants straight after/before the match and also wear them to to bed,l found it helped recovery time.

you can overdo the exercise thou,know a ex pro Aussie rules player in his 60's who can barely walk now.

have a friend who i met when i was 22,he was 16 at the time and weighed 75kg.

he is now 40 and weighs 130kg.

takeaway every single day since he left school,washed down by a 1.25litre Pepsi or Coke.

will take up walking/golf when i can no longer w/surf.