So how do you stay fit when not sailing?
Please don't say, "I kitesurf!"
Been wanting to get fit and back on the board/water so bought a Hobie Revo kayak thinking it should target all the right areas, paddling for the upper body (good to build up the calluses to) and the foot peddles to work the Quads, calves and ankles. Maybe drag a couple of lures while at it, doing backies may be tricky though.

Still fishing for any other ideas, so what have you got

Mark _australia said...

Bonk somebody half ur age, then run from her boyfriend.

Spose better than pull'n a muscle

Be mentally strong when visiting the supermarket!!!

Only buy fruit/veg,nuts,brown rice and olive oil....i wish.

No buying ANY chocolate.

Remember,you reap what you sow.

Mark _australia said...

Bonk somebody half ur age, then run from her boyfriend.

You're good for a laugh Mark, though think you spend way too much time on these forums (first to 10,000 posts?) and would be better off goin hell for leather with the missus every night or doing what u suggest Mr No-one does!

Then you'd be fitter for Seabreeze too!

Yes the problem for an average working person is that we can windsurf 1-2 days a week and we want to make the most of them, so we try and stay in the water for 5-6 hours.I found that for stamina, jogging is enough. Squats for leg strenght. Then the first thing that gets sore is the arms and shoulders. The ideal solution is Pierre's, but if you cannot set it up at home you can try to lift yourself up from under a table, if you have the right table. I started with dumbells, lifting them up over my head or pulling them up from my knees, seems to have given me more resistance, I can go for longer sessions.

getwindsurffit.com/

windskate its really hard work when you have to gybe every 200mtr also no harness
Went yesterday for about 3hrs at whalan .5km run was smoking . Friggin wheels were too hot to touch when i finished. Body is so tight have cramps in legs still this morning after a radox bath. Its developing a six pack for me
Just find a carpark most sporting field light there carparks at night nobody will be there at nights . Unless they are smoking drugs & fornicating .But its nice to see the wildlife of a night.

Hey Grant - it will be awesome to see you back on the water

I have been doing quite a bit of beach running followed by push ups - its cool when you get in to the trance - but i can understand that it wouldnt be everyone's cup of tea - you feel fantastic afterwards though

I cant reccomend Stand up paddle enough for all round fitness

flat water can be ok- i can take it or leave it

But i really like knee to shoulder high waves - should be plenty of those just south of the rock at a secret location - just go down when the surf is sub optimal (no crowds!) and i promise you will have a ball

something 30 inches wide by 10 ' 5 is perfect for a first board - and good all rounder in those sort of conditions -

The great thing is that the super drive of SUPS make knee high waves feel like chest high waves on a surfboard (or like being powered up down the line at scarbs)

for mental fitness i reccomend rc electric 3dflying

Reflex Films said...

The extra benefit of the SUP is that when you are in the desert and the swell drops or beer day happens (small swell / trough/ no wind) the SUPS are absolutely super ballistic fun through the tomb on waist height contour runners

Probably some of my best days up north have been in these conditions - as memorable as the epic 5.0 mast high days.

Thanks I feel so much better about sitting at home like a stale gummi bear and not allowed in the water

jmetcher said...

This might sound crazy but...how about windsurfing? I mean, initially I thought you were talking about off-the-water exercise, but if kayaking is in the mix...

Anything is good, wether on the water or off, above or below, it's kind of nice when fitness comes as a by-product of having fun. Due to a BL last year haven't been confident to put my foot back in the straps yet but not far off so was after ideas to safely build up the ankle.
Hey Matty, looking forward to catching up and got to say, didn't know SUPs could be that good, I thought they were for keeping the sun off the car Sounds like a very good option.
Windskating, that's an awesome idea. Used to do it around the Scarbrough car parks with Justin Stock years ago. Blew a couple of skateboard wheels apart as well until putting on the tractor tires, still got it. Got the home gym, check. Just been out yakfishing today in Cockburn Sound with a 4mt GWS hanging around, for sale, 1 slightly soiled Kayak.
Some good ideas guys, got no reason now not to get in shape for summer (insert Greenrooms big thumbs up picture here), cheers.

PS, go Webber!

Thanks for the link Lao

getwindsurffit.com/

It looks like an excellent, well resourced training program. Very professional presentation as expected from Sean.

I look forward to putting it into practice and getting a bit quicker...

Reflex Films said...

i can understand that it wouldnt be everyone's cup of tea - you feel fantastic afterwards though

I can't recommend Stand up paddle enough for all round fitness

something 30 inches wide by 10 ' 5 is perfect for a first board - and good all rounder in those sort of conditions

Mate, I like what you say; you do make SUP sound very convincing to take up, yet -

1988 - Metrication is completed with the metric system becoming the only system of legal measurements in Australia. . That is from Wikipedia.

For critics of Wikipedia, read this; The National Measurement Act prescribes that 'Australian legal units of measurement of a physical quantity are the sole legal units of measurement of that physical quantity'

www.industry.gov.au/regulations-and-standards/australias-measurement-system

I have a piece of boom hanging outside for doing pullups then use the following method:
10-15min jog, 1min jumping rope, 15 pull-ups, 15 push-ups and repeat 3 - 4 times without the running part.

I'm with you Henry, active living and I'll double-down and include exercise into the mix are way too overrated. I never met an exercise that I wanted to do. I do what I have to do. I do get out of my office chair to go to the frig, when I could have just as well wheeled myself over to it and never leave the chair. I went to the doctor last week, paid $107.00 to have my doctor tell me I need to exercise more. I could have had someone tell me that for free. My idea of exercise is to reach for a beer, which is far more enjoyable, and it relieves my stress from having to walk over to the frig. People who exercise are absolutely crazy. They run, jump, do the Zumba, do hot yoga, and generally make asses out of themselves, while I sit back and have a brewski; enjoying the day. Who's smarter? I'm 66 years old with a one pack; there's no need for a 6 pack as I'm not chasing women anymore. I get enough exercise walking my dogs. I watch my big dog run; that exercise enough. I don't want to hurt myself because I don't like pain so I am careful about what I do. In my later years, I've turned clumsy and managed to fall down barely missing my little Yorkie. She looked at me like I was a big jerk. Wouldn't talk to me the rest of the day.

Exercise is for those people who just don't have anything else to contribute to society. People who exercise usually tell those of us who don't that we are lazy slugs. How much money did you make by playing around exercising? I knew of a man who was an accountant who was slim, trim, and ran 5 plus miles a day. He had it made, beautiful wife, lovely children, and he managed to give himself a heart attack running. He was only 35.





www.henrymakow.com/active-lifestyle-danger-to-you-health.html

^^ What are you doing on a water sports forum petermac, just trollin?

On the theme of using an old boom for fitness, one of the things I have done is to to cut off about 40cm of the straight section on an old boom. In the middle, drill a small hole and thread through 100-120cm of 4mm rope. Tie a couple of KGs to the rope (the small weights for dumbbells are perfect).

Then you just hold the boom in your hands (either with your elbows at your side, or arms out straight for added workout), and keep winding the boom (like a motorbike throttle) until the rope has fully coiled up and the weight is at the top. At that point switch direction and keep going until the weight has gone all the way down and back up again.....and so on... 10 mins of that and your forearms are BURNING!!!

If I have not sailed for a bit my forearms always get tired quickly, so this is a cheap and very effective way to build them up.

(pause for comments about other ways to build up the strength in your wrists/forearms.....)