24 Jan 2017
Posted by mattwright
At Riding Bumps we have a lot of experience with the Catalina Classic Paddleboard Race. Roch Frey completed the race twice but trains with and coaches several NCP members that have participated in the Classic...
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26 Sep 2016
Posted by mattwright
If you look around the boards, blogs, magazines and even our website there is talk about shoulder health and injury from SUP and prone paddling. The fact of the matter is that unless you have exceptional...
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First things first. Trusting your spinal health to someone who 1) has never met you 2) never seen you paddle and 3) is not your doctor may not be in your best interest. First thing is to get a clean...
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17 May 2016
Posted by mattwright
OK first things first. You are an ultrarunner. Nothing about that is ordinary. You also do at least 7+ workouts per week. Normal is who Dr. Oz talks to. Normal is when you hear that 30 mintues per day of exercise...
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This is such a good question but before we can answer it we need to take a little detour to make sure we are all on the same page. In your question you mentioned that your anaerobic zone is your...
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13 Feb 2016
Posted by mattwright
Lets be honest. Most everyone reading this blog post is not a professional paddler. Family, work, and even vacations get in the way of your training. Before you freak out about missing workouts, this week...
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23 Jan 2016
Posted by mattwright
Photo: http://www.fluxphotography.net/ Ahhhh- that is a great question. As you already know, our training programs are 16 week programs. When we were designing our courses we made the decision to stick...
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Hey there. Thanks for the note. I am not sure if we are going to have great news for you today but I think we can maybe possibly keep you out of the doctors office. First an analogy. Lets...
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16 Aug 2015
Posted by mattwright
Get a beer. You just opened a can of worms and we have some free time. This is going to be a long answer. Long because we need to cover A LOT of ground to sort out exactly what is going on. With this...
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22 Jun 2015
Posted by mattwright
Ahhhh –the jack of all trades but master of none question. The good news is that with paddling you might be able to have your cake and eat it too. Now, for the answer without any more cliché’s. Although...
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