Paddle Tip: What is the Best Way to find Resistance in the Surfski/Kayak (Learn these Drills!)
ฝัง
- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 18 ก.ย. 2024
- Learn more about paddle mechanics and drills at K2NONLINEPADDLESCHOOL.COM
We offer customized training plans to help you reach your goals as well as video reviews to fine tune your technique remotely.
I've been dragging barges up and down the Tennessee River Gorge. It's improving the size of my lats and the extra income from the tugboat company has been super handy for buying new paddling gear
Me too! Then my alarm clock went off....
@@K2NOPS we actually have a tug boat captain trained to throw us a bitchin wake. He's our hero hahah.
I started paddling about 35 years ago. When I started to win races, both in Sprint and Marathons, I was keen to try different training methods. One popular method was resistance training with ocky straps around the K1 or extra weight inside it. It felt wrong, it felt like I was training my mind and body to paddle slower, so I did not use it. This video gives clarity of better ways to do resistance training.
Some of the top paddlers in our clubs were doing regular resistance weight training in the gym. I avoided this as well as I believed that it affects the firing speed of your muscles and build power in muscles you do not use for fast paddling
Your knowledge of paddle training is impressive.
I appreciate it! For MOST skill levels drills are the best 1:1 time investment to performance output. There are Olympians that may or may not introduce drag protocols... but I don't think they watch these videos!!!
Just like in your experiences, many relate to that same feeling!!!
Lately I've been experimenting with using much longer paddle lengths to get resistance training. This only works when the sea is calm.
So, my normal paddle length is 212cm. I adjust this to 218cm - which lengthens the stroke and increases the leverage. All other mechanics remain the same.
So if I then use a slow, measured cadence (like you would for technique practice), and load the blade through the stroke, I get a higher loading.
Feels smooth, and I notice that my muscles tire faster, for a given heart rate.
That's what you're looking for! That pathing and methodology achieves the muscular response you're looking for in a natural way.
It's funny how the smallest differences in training may or may not translate to performance. Off topic but food for thought - I read a research paper explaining how a lat pull down machine does not prepare you for pull ups simply because you are pulling the weight to you, and not your weight to the fixed location, that small distinction is enough to change muscular response enough that they don't translate 100%. Even though the movement is identical and the engaged muscles are nearly identical.
I noticed with the in-boat footage, you put steering input into the pedals with the hip rotation/leg drive. Is this normal and something that, if happens, we should not be concerned with? I am working on being as smooth as possible and not putting steering inputs in, as my thinking a straight line is better and more efficient. But if I am worrying about that and not putting enough force in to prevent back and forth steering to the detriment of the power and application of force into the water, I will stop worrying about it.
Good eye. My pedals are loose so they have a little play before it moves the rudder. Gives me some ankle movement so they don't get overly tired. In k1 racing with a tiller setup athletes push through the toes instead of heel driving since it's more ergonomic. Loose pedals give me a midfoot push without the boat jolting around.
Thank you for sharing these helpful tips! What are you using in the paddling videos that is showing your speed? I have seen this in Danny Ching’s videos as well. Thanks, Amanda WBOCC Wrightsville Beach NC
The gopro has a built in GPS to track speed and you can add the "sticker" to the video:) I think gopro since the 5 has had the feature