I'm about to be 39 years old and an avid distance skater that has been trying to improve on my average speed as well as my sprints. I kept putting in miles, but wasn't getting any faster, but then I came across this video and put the workouts into action over time. I can attest now that Paul's methods absolutely work! I just won first place in a push race this weekend! I had already raced one of the competitors before about half a year ago and was left in the dust, but this time around I felt powerful! It felt so exhilarating! So...if you're looking to get faster (and prevent injuries) then you should save this video and follow the plan!
I appreciate the positive feedback. Maybe I should do more training videos. (Maybe shorter ones though) Like I said before, I'm glad you found the video helpful, but it's just advice, you put the work in. Congratulations on the win.
I would definitely appreciate any training videos you have in mind for the future. I will continue to share them with fellow skaters that are wanting to improve their performance 😊
Super nice & informative video! I'm 32, doing LDP after years of cycling and... I never experienced achilles tendon pain when longboarding (maybe beacause the max distances I do are around 50km / 30mi)... but I feel it in barefoot/drop zero shoes transitioning, when doing long walks after periods of not using zero drop shoes. However, I'll surly incorporate exposive excercise in my training to become faster, even rope skipping, I'm almost not doing it since years! while I was more familiar with rises and drops 😁
This is super helpful! I have chronic insertional achilles tendonitis, and PT didn't help. These concrete steps (nutrition and exercises) give me hope for healing!
Keep me posted. Insertional tendonosis I think requires the most care. It's also worth looking into if you have been developing a bone spur in the area. Sometimes people can also have issues due to having their feet a little too everted (over pronated). This and the Spurs would usually be because the tendon is pulling on an angle again due to the foot being rolled inwards too much. That is beyond the scope of this video, but if you have super flat feet or a bony growth at the insertion of your tendon let me know and I can try to give you a few more tips that I know of.
@@PaulKentSkates Visit to a podiatrist and PT last fall didn't find a bone spur, just some normal soft swelling on the heel. I don't think it is related to pronation, either, as my ankles never gave me problems before and are pretty strait...
@@PaulKentSkates Yes, I was working my way up the progression over several weeks, taking the collagen peptides and vitamin c. Heel pain got significantly worse, though - I guess I was progressing too fast. Watched a handful of videos from treat my achilles and decided to back up to the rest phase, and start again when the pain is significantly reduced. Still waiting... Thanks for asking!
Watching this video in 2023 and just ordered a bunch of gelatin and vitamin c. I'm sorry cows but this boy had got to get his skate on! Also I've had a very small amount of candy in my iife and an even smaller amount of that was gelatin based candy so get off my back vegetarians! I'm cashing out my gelatin points for the sport and I'll bump draft everyone out of my way that tries to stop me from reaching my goal and Paul Kent loves my new haircut so I'm basically invincible aside from the sore achillis tendonds ofcourse...
@@PaulKentSkates Haha, sometimes eskate is Causin injuries cos new riders try to do too much too quickly. Skate related injuries or conditionin isn't somethin that is often covered like this on youtube, this will be a valuable resource
Thanks a lot for all these insights. It's really intereresting an clearly brought. When riding longer than one or two hours, I feel uncomfortable due to an three year old ankle sprain probably not fully healed. At this time the physiologist I met adviced me similar exercises. I was wondering if the protocol you propose here could be use entirely or adapted to ankle reinforcment?
You should be able to use this protocol with ankle injuries. That said, some extra exercises to help with rotating your ankle (inversion and eversion) may be needed. If your mobility is poor you may wish to work on that as well. I can try to come back with a video that demonstrates the same methods I have collected over the years. (p.s. sorry for the late reply)
Very interesting video Paul, thank you! So far I am not injured but want to start with longboarding/LDP (finally was able to track down a Loaded Pantheon Trip Collab board hehehe and I remember you from these Loaded videos). I do skateboarding/surfskating normally - so this will be helpful. I was wondering if you ever looked into Hyperarch Fascia training? Last year I had incredible muscle pain (beginning of upper thigh muscle above the knee) after spending too much time on a pump track with my surfskate. I found a Personal Trainer who did those hyperarch exercises with me (I'm pain free now) and I was thinking about it when I saw the word fibroblasts and my PT was talking about those too.
I am not super familiar with hyperarch fascia training but the exercises seem very good. I think the foot strengthening, flexibility and practice to control the feet are good, including being able to arch your foot more or less. I haven't seen arch exercises that target the flexor hallicus brevis (like Dr Emily Splichals short feet) If it is not in that system it would be an important addition. Same goes for practice spreading the toes. Your foot injury is a little puzzling to me but I'm not very knowledgeable on foot injuries. I understand the lumbricals are on the bottom. From where I am it sounds like the extensors of the small toes or more likely the ligaments for those extensors. Honestly it might help if I knew how you were pushing. I'd honestly check with a sport doctor or physio if you have the ability to do so. I would reduce how much you skate in the weeks to follow, until the pain subsides. From there stretching the top of the foot 30 seconds for 3 sets, do that 3 or more times per week. (Don't be too agressive we don't want to make the injury mad, it should be a medium stretch). I would do an Exercises named banded foot eversions and really try to lift the toes. I'd also look at doing tibialus raises a few times per week also. (2-3 sets of 25 leaning against the wall (google tibialus raises Ben Patrick) really try to lift the toes when you do it. If it's been a problem for a really long time you can do the same collagen/jello vitamin c protocol in my achilies video, before stretching and before those exercises. After a few weeks pain free you can start to increase miles, but I'd do the exercises for a couple months if possible. If you have a crazy high arch I might do some things differently as the pain could be from a different issue. It's also possible it is from a different issue that I don't know to think of. Again, I'm not very well versed on foot injuries. So a second opinion may not be a bad idea.
Great video! Currently I just pump at least 50% of the time to avoid overuse injury on my achilles. Can I use Phil Wood grease to make my tendons smoother?
I have another question - sometimes my feet hurt from too much pushing when skateboarding. It is the muscle on the upper side of my food behind the toes - after googling it may be these lumbricals muscles of the foot. So I guess my pushing technique is not the best and at the end of your video you talk about toe, mid and heel push. Do you have any tips/exercises for that on how to prevent that and how to learn to push "pain free"? I was hoping that as an LDP pro that you would have some experience with that. Many thanks in advance Paul!
There is a seminar from dr Emily Splichal here on TH-cam that was released a few days ago. I would try out her exercises as they strengthen all the intrinsic muscles that stiffen the foot and flex the toes. You could also possibly some foot yoga drills. I really think foot exercises are criminally underrated in our sport. They have been the most important addition to my training that has allowed for my longevity. Being able to skate 1000's of kilometers without hurting my otherwise damaged knees is due to my feet and the gluteus minimus. I should do a video on a midfoot foot strike. But I think all foot strikes have their place. But if you only push with your toes you will be placing more strain on the lumbricals and other toe flexors. I would imagine you're angering an old injury or progressing faster than your muscles have been. Taking a day or two in the week to train the foot should help, as long as it's not adding too much load. It's possible you may need to trade skating with working out a few days a week for a month or so. Or you can really take it easy when you skate. Mid foot involves touching the ground with the outside of the foot just before of the pinky or smallest toe. (You can point it down to the ground.) Once that touches you start pointing your toes to push but you still stomp you foot flat onto the ground a little. So your heel touches just as or slightly after you start pushing with your toes. It should not be hard enough to hurt your heel. This flexes the arch, you keep pushing through you toes until you are done. By stamping your heel you put less external pressure on the toes, and Achilles tendon. But as you roll forward off your heel your toes pop down into the ground and you toe off. It's very similar to pushing with just your toes but the rebound is more controlled. In a way it's like snapping your fingers but the road is your thumb. Energy is stored and it gets released super fast.
I'm about to be 39 years old and an avid distance skater that has been trying to improve on my average speed as well as my sprints. I kept putting in miles, but wasn't getting any faster, but then I came across this video and put the workouts into action over time. I can attest now that Paul's methods absolutely work! I just won first place in a push race this weekend! I had already raced one of the competitors before about half a year ago and was left in the dust, but this time around I felt powerful! It felt so exhilarating! So...if you're looking to get faster (and prevent injuries) then you should save this video and follow the plan!
I appreciate the positive feedback. Maybe I should do more training videos. (Maybe shorter ones though) Like I said before, I'm glad you found the video helpful, but it's just advice, you put the work in. Congratulations on the win.
I would definitely appreciate any training videos you have in mind for the future. I will continue to share them with fellow skaters that are wanting to improve their performance 😊
@@PaulKentSkatesyes please
Great vid! Love how thorough it is!
Thanks for the video. I’m 55 and am training for the ultra skate and these exercises will be good for me to prevent any injuries.
How did it go?
I’m training for 2024.
Super nice & informative video!
I'm 32, doing LDP after years of cycling and... I never experienced achilles tendon pain when longboarding (maybe beacause the max distances I do are around 50km / 30mi)... but I feel it in barefoot/drop zero shoes transitioning, when doing long walks after periods of not using zero drop shoes.
However, I'll surly incorporate exposive excercise in my training to become faster, even rope skipping, I'm almost not doing it since years! while I was more familiar with rises and drops 😁
I'm never take considerations about, thank you!
This is super helpful! I have chronic insertional achilles tendonitis, and PT didn't help. These concrete steps (nutrition and exercises) give me hope for healing!
Keep me posted. Insertional tendonosis I think requires the most care. It's also worth looking into if you have been developing a bone spur in the area. Sometimes people can also have issues due to having their feet a little too everted (over pronated).
This and the Spurs would usually be because the tendon is pulling on an angle again due to the foot being rolled inwards too much.
That is beyond the scope of this video, but if you have super flat feet or a bony growth at the insertion of your tendon let me know and I can try to give you a few more tips that I know of.
@@PaulKentSkates Visit to a podiatrist and PT last fall didn't find a bone spur, just some normal soft swelling on the heel. I don't think it is related to pronation, either, as my ankles never gave me problems before and are pretty strait...
@@natreid5056 okay, I am glad to hear that. That will make this much more straight forward.
@@natreid5056 Hey Nat, have you had a chance to spend some time with this protocol?
@@PaulKentSkates Yes, I was working my way up the progression over several weeks, taking the collagen peptides and vitamin c. Heel pain got significantly worse, though - I guess I was progressing too fast. Watched a handful of videos from treat my achilles and decided to back up to the rest phase, and start again when the pain is significantly reduced. Still waiting... Thanks for asking!
Watching this video in 2023 and just ordered a bunch of gelatin and vitamin c. I'm sorry cows but this boy had got to get his skate on! Also I've had a very small amount of candy in my iife and an even smaller amount of that was gelatin based candy so get off my back vegetarians! I'm cashing out my gelatin points for the sport and I'll bump draft everyone out of my way that tries to stop me from reaching my goal and Paul Kent loves my new haircut so I'm basically invincible aside from the sore achillis tendonds ofcourse...
Awesome video!
🤙🏼🤙🏼 *Great video!!* 🤙🏼🤙🏼
I should have told people if they have tendonitus they should ride an e-skate! Video done in less than a minute!
@@PaulKentSkates Haha, sometimes eskate is Causin injuries cos new riders try to do too much too quickly.
Skate related injuries or conditionin isn't somethin that is often covered like this on youtube, this will be a valuable resource
Very helpful :) Very insightful :) Incredible video :)
Gold.
Thanks a lot for all these insights. It's really intereresting an clearly brought.
When riding longer than one or two hours, I feel uncomfortable due to an three year old ankle sprain probably not fully healed. At this time the physiologist I met adviced me similar exercises.
I was wondering if the protocol you propose here could be use entirely or adapted to ankle reinforcment?
You should be able to use this protocol with ankle injuries. That said, some extra exercises to help with rotating your ankle (inversion and eversion) may be needed. If your mobility is poor you may wish to work on that as well. I can try to come back with a video that demonstrates the same methods I have collected over the years. (p.s. sorry for the late reply)
Very interesting video Paul, thank you! So far I am not injured but want to start with longboarding/LDP (finally was able to track down a Loaded Pantheon Trip Collab board hehehe and I remember you from these Loaded videos). I do skateboarding/surfskating normally - so this will be helpful. I was wondering if you ever looked into Hyperarch Fascia training? Last year I had incredible muscle pain (beginning of upper thigh muscle above the knee) after spending too much time on a pump track with my surfskate. I found a Personal Trainer who did those hyperarch exercises with me (I'm pain free now) and I was thinking about it when I saw the word fibroblasts and my PT was talking about those too.
I am not super familiar with hyperarch fascia training but the exercises seem very good. I think the foot strengthening, flexibility and practice to control the feet are good, including being able to arch your foot more or less. I haven't seen arch exercises that target the flexor hallicus brevis (like Dr Emily Splichals short feet) If it is not in that system it would be an important addition. Same goes for practice spreading the toes.
Your foot injury is a little puzzling to me but I'm not very knowledgeable on foot injuries. I understand the lumbricals are on the bottom. From where I am it sounds like the extensors of the small toes or more likely the ligaments for those extensors.
Honestly it might help if I knew how you were pushing.
I'd honestly check with a sport doctor or physio if you have the ability to do so. I would reduce how much you skate in the weeks to follow, until the pain subsides. From there stretching the top of the foot 30 seconds for 3 sets, do that 3 or more times per week. (Don't be too agressive we don't want to make the injury mad, it should be a medium stretch). I would do an Exercises named banded foot eversions and really try to lift the toes. I'd also look at doing tibialus raises a few times per week also. (2-3 sets of 25 leaning against the wall (google tibialus raises Ben Patrick) really try to lift the toes when you do it.
If it's been a problem for a really long time you can do the same collagen/jello vitamin c protocol in my achilies video, before stretching and before those exercises.
After a few weeks pain free you can start to increase miles, but I'd do the exercises for a couple months if possible.
If you have a crazy high arch I might do some things differently as the pain could be from a different issue. It's also possible it is from a different issue that I don't know to think of. Again, I'm not very well versed on foot injuries. So a second opinion may not be a bad idea.
Great video! Currently I just pump at least 50% of the time to avoid overuse injury on my achilles. Can I use Phil Wood grease to make my tendons smoother?
Can you please do a tutorial on mid foot pushing.
Okay. I'll think about how best to do this.
@@PaulKentSkates yay
I have another question - sometimes my feet hurt from too much pushing when skateboarding. It is the muscle on the upper side of my food behind the toes - after googling it may be these lumbricals muscles of the foot. So I guess my pushing technique is not the best and at the end of your video you talk about toe, mid and heel push. Do you have any tips/exercises for that on how to prevent that and how to learn to push "pain free"? I was hoping that as an LDP pro that you would have some experience with that. Many thanks in advance Paul!
There is a seminar from dr Emily Splichal here on TH-cam that was released a few days ago. I would try out her exercises as they strengthen all the intrinsic muscles that stiffen the foot and flex the toes. You could also possibly some foot yoga drills. I really think foot exercises are criminally underrated in our sport. They have been the most important addition to my training that has allowed for my longevity. Being able to skate 1000's of kilometers without hurting my otherwise damaged knees is due to my feet and the gluteus minimus.
I should do a video on a midfoot foot strike. But I think all foot strikes have their place. But if you only push with your toes you will be placing more strain on the lumbricals and other toe flexors. I would imagine you're angering an old injury or progressing faster than your muscles have been. Taking a day or two in the week to train the foot should help, as long as it's not adding too much load. It's possible you may need to trade skating with working out a few days a week for a month or so. Or you can really take it easy when you skate.
Mid foot involves touching the ground with the outside of the foot just before of the pinky or smallest toe. (You can point it down to the ground.) Once that touches you start pointing your toes to push but you still stomp you foot flat onto the ground a little. So your heel touches just as or slightly after you start pushing with your toes. It should not be hard enough to hurt your heel.
This flexes the arch, you keep pushing through you toes until you are done. By stamping your heel you put less external pressure on the toes, and Achilles tendon. But as you roll forward off your heel your toes pop down into the ground and you toe off. It's very similar to pushing with just your toes but the rebound is more controlled. In a way it's like snapping your fingers but the road is your thumb. Energy is stored and it gets released super fast.
Heads up everyone. The vegan powder in the description tastes like playdough, but worse. I literally gag when I drink it. So good luck! Haha.
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