Comments on: Start the Season Right!

By: keither

keither — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 08:55:22 +0000

I agree, never stretch cold muscles.

By: Ali

Ali — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 19:14:46 +0000

Great points about stretching. I am an instructor and as a standard we are told to always begin sessions with lots of warmup but never stretching until our muscles are warmed up (which takes a couple of runs.)

I questioned this and was told by both doctors and physiotherapists that stretching cold muscles tears your muscle early. This is nothing major since you already do this when you are working out, hence why you feel sore the next day as your muscles rebuild stronger. As anyone who works out knows tear a muscle a little too much (like trying too much weight at one time or pushing it too hard in the park when already tired,) and you will cramp. So if you start that process with cold muscles then they will tighten up early and can cause injury.

Stretching once your muscles are warm loosens them a bit and prevents tightening, it also help with soreness the next day. Geeky I know but its true. Hope everyone has a great opening day and an injury free season.

By: connor rock

connor rock — Mon, 07 Nov 2011 21:17:18 +0000

An Idea for you shay is to instead of stopping what your doing and writing it down, you can just like it(thumbs up) in pandora then you can check to see the ones your thumbs upped when you hit itunes. just an idea. Not sure how lax your J.O.B. is.

By: Tien

Tien — Sun, 06 Nov 2011 21:15:01 +0000

Flexibility is incredibly important for injury prevention. Stretching during the offseason is something everyone should be doing…when you fall on your board and get twisted all around, you’re less likely to tear muscles or connective tissue if your muscles are used to stretching to that length.

By: Christina

Christina — Sun, 06 Nov 2011 20:34:52 +0000

I jog and I can say if I dont stretch before I jog… I am feeling it. But my real point there was be active during off season. Makes a big difference come opening day. The snow has hit here and they dont clear my paths – but until its too cold to jog, i’m out there jogging in the snow and its even more of a workout and I hike the rest of the year. But doing something active the rest of the year is going to help you come season opening.

and I’d like to know more about these paperclips, too… ?

By: keither

keither — Sun, 06 Nov 2011 17:36:54 +0000

I tore my ACL at the beginning of last season. I had several doctors tell me that part of the reason it tore was because of how tight my quad muscles were. Because I had only been stretching my hamstrings and groin, everything was unevenly stretched, caused my tight quad to put major strain on my knee.
Now that I’m finally all healed up and limber, I plan on keeping it that way by doing a quick warm-up then stretching before and after EVERY shred session.

One more thing, I’m so sick of seeing kids ride BRAND NEW set-ups on opening day. If you’re gonna stick to the groomers, fine. But why do you have to go riding through the sand-and-rock-laced snow with a brand new deck? Just to feel cool? Pull out last years board and do all the grass/rock rides you want. I saw a kid last weekend on a 2012 Horrorscope straight-line about 200 feet of grass and rocks, clacking noises the whole way, then he stops once he hits the snow and starts laughing. If he was my kid, that board would be listed on e-bay and he’d be riding my old capped Lamar, if riding at all.

Oh yeah and Peterborough, your number 3 is my number 1……. which also happens to be a number 2 lol Mandatory pre-shred dump, before every session. Less weight = bigger airs!

By: Shay

Shay — Sun, 06 Nov 2011 04:30:52 +0000

haha some awesome responses! Great to have the input on the stretching vs warming up.

TB, I wondered if anyone would question that. I’ve frequently changed boards and realized that screws aren’t the right length but no washers around. I’ve gotten pretty good at macgyvering basic things to act as washers. In the past I’ve used wickets from lift tickets and paperclips. Basically something to act as a semi washer on those days when the right bits and pieces aren’t around.

By: T B

T B — Sun, 06 Nov 2011 04:25:32 +0000

Tell me more about those paperclips on the binding base disk…

By: Kieren

Kieren — Sat, 05 Nov 2011 09:08:36 +0000

My old gym teacher used to say… “you never see a cheater stretch”… but then I suppose you don’t see them snowboard either.

By: James

James — Sat, 05 Nov 2011 06:24:07 +0000

That’s true Scotty.