5 Exercises to Improve your Paddling

[@sivanishaharan5349]

Great video for improving surfing. Most important statement is at the beginning: 80-90% of surfing is Paddling!

[@leonardocasas1602]

gracias por compartir,puse en practica tus consejos por dos meses y los resultados son exelentes,mi deporte es el kayak , tengo una lesión crónica en el hombro izquierdo que me provocaba grandes dolores después de remar y ahora es una molestia cada vez menor.Lo sigo utilizando como parte de mi rutina de actividad física

[@huskybro360]

Awesome vid- very clear, concise, and thorough. Excited to check out more!

[@davidbakker1854]

The last couple of surf sessions i couldn't get through the breakers, thank you so much for these exercises!

[@laprepper]

Last session I was half tired getting out beyond break line lol. Gotta keep getting out there though! Never a bad day at the beach :)

[@johnthr33]

Go swimming every second or third day for an hour. It can help massively

[@triswimcoach57]

Outstanding explanation of Why? and the exercises for How? are super. I found that all of those can be done effectively on my vasa trainer machine at home and it has many more exercises I use to round out this landlocked surfer's fitness routine. Thanks!

[@adambamf9365]

so we just had a cyclone come down and i paddled for about 6 hours with a break for lunch and my arms were totally gone im 34 now and decided i need to do some extra training to maintain my paddle strength im going to religiously do your exercises to see if i get some good results cheers mate

[@nikitaw1982]

I love ur one arm stuff as paddling a one arm at a time activity.

[@StuClifton]

This workout is also great for kayakers. Stabilise the scap and pull with power.

[@stevethomas760]

Most people are about as good as their weakest link. With two shoulder dislocations/surgeries (whitewater slalom) my flexibility really sucks on one side. I will be incorporating some of your tips to help with my paddling SUP. Solid explanations with WHY the exercise will help.Thanks

[@Jesseda]

MSW ... very good stuff ... the key line for me was "no core control - your leaking energy". This tutorial was precise, efficient and most importantly, very effective. The last drill paid the biggest dividends for strength and endurance for me. Thanks!

[@jchambers1191]

Excellent explanation and demonstration - Thank You!

[@PhillyMDj]

Thanks allot man! Been having some troubles with my shoulder after a waterpolo incident which has set me back for a while now and still feeling the pains.. The anatomie explanations you include are great! keep em coming.

[@lindavolden3581]

This is one of the best physical fitness videos I have ever seen!

[@pedrogzc]

Awesome vid. Thank you for sharing

[@Chogogo717]

Thanks for the pointers. I’m starting my second year paddling, and am recovering from a shoulder injury (not from paddling). I have hyper-mobility, so my PT was explaining to me just how important it is to strengthen my shoulders to keep them back when I’m paddling. Thanks!

[@sinimini]

Fantastic. Great exercises and explanations. Great to see the prehab work, those rotator cuffs are vulnerable!

[@EMS01119]

Thank you so much! very helpful video as I have never paid attention to keeping shoulders protected through healthy posture

[@laprepper]

Paddling endurance and wave timing are both my biggest challenges. That and waves that closeout on me lol...

[@stevejones9222]

Great tutorial, well explained, I will be adding these to my routine.

[@mdale3982]

Brilliant stuff. Thanks.

[@TheBabyskywalker]

Brilliant information and exercises. Thank you very much Cris

[@goudahn]

Thanks for sharing your knowledge, this vid was very helpful to me and I hope it is just as helpful to others. Great work!

[@ajparr5585]

This was really well done.

[@hope4surf]

Good stuff...thank you!!!

[@wendyschlater7768]

This Video was really great! Thank you for your wisdom!

[@CliveRodell]

Wisdom way beyond your years Chris! One of the best videos I have seen..I watched it all! Be nice to catch up and trade ideas one day Chris. Of course, you look better on KZbin than I do. :)

[@8081050]

Great exercise routine, something I was looking for. Thanks.

[@julianlarimer7242]

Jon Omandam Allons

[@rongentle8316]

Excellent advice and knowledge of the body and for training . thanks

[@nikitaw1982]

Pulling... Bring ur sternum forward!!! Being mindful of elbows and sternum and ur winning.

[@willesloco]

Awesome vid thanks bro!

[@caliphassagai8890]

Good video! Definitely getting stronger just from paddling but need to spend time deliberately improving strength!

[@marysibb]

Very well done!

[@user-yr7sy6ev9v]

Pull ups are definitely the most effective paddle strength excersise, gives you a lot more explosive paddling when your lats and upper back are significantly stronger

[@dennisfossey4312]

Great video on strength conditioning, thanks.

[@davidmiklus6120]

Chris Mills is a legend!

[@borrachagamerfps]

thank you !

[@brianblackie9434]

Yep, great vid. As an older bloke I'm working through a bunch of shoulder issues due to not caring about this stuff when I was younger.

[@kellynoonan7019]

Thank you! 💪💪

[@balamurugan-ds8cg]

ho my god your way of giving training tips making me to cry , i pray god to help you a lot thanks a lot sir.

[@joneh9483]

I pray to God that you're grammar improves

[@Asator66]

@@joneh9483 Your*

[@Tetragnathidae]

Thank you! I got this fix idea lately to start kayaking and my shoulders/arms are weak as can be, this is some excellent exercises to add to my workout!

[@nikitaw1982]

Re active passive hang. As paddling left right left right would there be benefit from hanging from a trapeze and swing side to side by getting momentum from active tension on one side then the other? Maybe wide mounted rings.

[@austinpaulus5337]

Wow, Chris Mills, you get it brada. Very good knowledge shared. Are you on any diet?

[@systmx99]

Excellent!

[@ianwilliams9021]

Hi, any tips for some alternatives to hanging. I have trouble with my forearms, golfers elbow. I've pretty much recovered with a lot of rehab but any excercises involving hanging e.g. pull-ups, seem to excascerbate the issue. So any alternatives that could help would be great.

[@scotttownley5076]

great video

[@gganeshrao630]

Tankyou sir

[@flyingfoxarworx]

thanks!

[@billsarille78]

Nice work Chris, long time no see.....

[@InsideGoogle]

Who do u schedule gym sessions around surfing ?????? Surf conditions are always changing .. obviously

[@gman5375]

90 seconds in - its a like from me

[@dkphantomdk]

Thank you for those execises these will be put on my schedule for the gym, mainly because I only do gym to "work up" my body to prepare for the summer ( I have had a long brake from kayaking ) - also, I would like to know, are there any exercises that can improve posture in general, I have a tendensy to curve to much. I think I need more strengh in my lower back to get a more straigt posture when Iam kayaking !

[@minecraftyou4me]

Dead lifts and Stiffed leg dead lifts, also back extensions are great for the lower back area. But most of all pull back the shoulders and pop out the chest and keep correcting yourself on it. You can do Bent over rows for chest and shoulder pulling back. Let a fitness instructor help you with these exercises because they need to be done correctly or you won't benefit of them.

[@dkphantomdk]

thank you, I will look into these drills and see if anyone can look over that Iam doing it the "right way" -

[@tsymeon]

My main problem is not shoulder s but my lower back aking

[@nikitaw1982]

R u related to onison?

[@felipeduque4620]

It’s called “neutral spine”👍🏼

[@KrisH-mc8hd]

Thanks mate, this is awesome for outrigger paddling 💪

[@surfininmy40s]

Pull ups gave me frozen shoulder. So I stopped

[@jakefastf]

Haven’t surfed in a bit and my arms are already feeling way weaker

[@chaseybynum4447]

Same that’s why I’m here

[@philiplundin6520]

tssssss hoooo

[@nikitaw1982]

I've been hanging recently and my pinkys gone numb... Like all day.

[@wiscgaloot]

I really like all of this, but the row you do with the pink bands needs to be modified. I hope you don't paddle with your arm straight, anymore than you would swim freestyle with your arm straight. You paddle with your arm coming down by your side with your elbow bent. So I'll modify this exercise accordingly. I desperately need all of these exercises since I'm 60, haven't surfed for years, and can only get over to Santa Cruz maybe 4 days per month.

[@kristinklaveness584]

Good routine! Thank you! But how about not constantly referring to surfers as "guys"?

[@thomastice9209]

it's a cultural thing! growing up in NJ we called a group of people "You Guys" even if the group was a bunch of guys, girls and or both.

[@Dfl87165]

Great exercises. But can we please call muscles by their correct anatomical names? It's called triceps and biceps, not tricep and bicep. And no, one biceps/triceps is not a bicep/tricep.

[@maxwellgobbell2044]

I think we can all understand what he's talking about without that special little S at the end of the word

[@Dfl87165]

The S is not special. It's part of the correct spelling. Sure, I understand where someone lives when they say New Yor or Lo Angele, Washingto, Pari or Berli, we all can. That was not my point.

[@Dfl87165]

You are of course free to continue calling it bicep, tricep and quadricep :-))