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...
Read more →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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19 Apr 2016
Posted by mattwright
Ahh – interesting and accurate observation and the implications of your question go far beyond the elliptical trainer. To get to the bottom of this, lets look at a few comparison examples...
Read more →This is a question we get all the time so we figured it was time to get it into a post. Whether you want to do OC1/SUP or prone paddle boarding/SUP or even biking/SUP the principle of modifying the program...
Read more →This is very normal. You are not being a Nancy. This is a tough concept to explain but it is something we see in Ironman athletes in Kona all the time. On race day it is sweltering out there and a failure...
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07 Jan 2016
Posted by mattwright
Great to hear you are enjoying the off season and keeping up some fitness but unstructured and doing what you feel like and when. Hano Hano is turning into one of the bigger early season races of the year...
Read more →image used with permission by Flux Photography This is a topic that we touched on previously when we addressed nutrition and a pacing approach on race day for The 100 Mile Paddle Race . We...
Read more →If the Cold Stroke Classic (January 2015) is an important race for you should probably wait till you get through the race before changing things up too much in the weight room. You should be scheduling...
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05 Oct 2014
Posted by mattwright
This is a good question and a question we hear all the time. Before I can get to your answer, I want to focus on part of your question first. You say that you have a competition rowing background...
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30 Sep 2014
Posted by mattwright
image used with permission by jodicaplanphotography.com Oh boy. Oh boy oh boy. Now you did it. I have not gone on a rant since my days of answering questions in Triathlete magazine but since...
Read more →Answer: Well, you just opened a can of worms with this one. Get ready for everyone and their brother to chime in and tell you either A) you should not be doing endurance sports as a young teenager....
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