hiking muscles
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Topic: hiking muscles
Posted By: squeek
Subject: hiking muscles
Date Posted: 28 Apr 05 at 7:01pm
| anyone know which stomach muscles you use most when hiking?? upper or lower? |
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Posted By: jamesint505
Date Posted: 28 Apr 05 at 7:23pm
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would have thought all of them plus your quadraceps(front of your leg I think) ------------- 505 7567 |
Posted By: KnightMare
Date Posted: 28 Apr 05 at 7:27pm
yeah I would have gone for all of them especialy the way that all of your body can ache after sailing  ------------- http://theramblingsofmyinnergeek.blogspot.com/ |
Posted By: hydrographer20
Date Posted: 28 Apr 05 at 7:27pm
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yer but i think the bottom may be used a little bit more, coz i dunno when u come back in ur gonna use them more to haul urself up ------------- byte me!- GBR 814 |
Posted By: squeek
Date Posted: 28 Apr 05 at 7:47pm
u must use all of dem but whic ones more if bottom more got any good painful exercises to build em up?!?!?
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Posted By: jamesint505
Date Posted: 28 Apr 05 at 8:01pm
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leg raises,russian twists(lie on your back legs straight in the air arms outstreched on the floor lower your legs from one side to the other keeping your shoulders on the floor.very painfull and difficult if you havent done them before!!)Do lower back excercises aswell such as back extensions to keep balance otherwise youll just get big ab muscles and your back will be weak.Also try incline sit ups ,theres millions of different ones you could do. ------------- 505 7567 |
Posted By: sailor girl
Date Posted: 28 Apr 05 at 8:05pm
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use a hiking bench, do loads of sit ups and also a good excersize is to lay on your back, knees up as if your were doing a sit up, but lift yourself up with ur stomach but not all the way up and hold it, so your more or less doing a sit up with out sitting up properly...sorry im not very good at explaining!!! when it hurts your probably doing it right though!!! ------------- Sailor Girl, Queen Of The Forum! |
Posted By: Jon Emmett
Date Posted: 28 Apr 05 at 8:12pm
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The exact muscles used depends upon your posture. Unfortunately the most comfortable way to hike is not always the best. Bio-mechanical efficiency can be improved with practice. It is usually more important to hike with good form. Ideally like jogging you would find a level of intensity which you can continue to hike for the whole race. Be wary of just working on 'hiking muscles' as this may well lead to muscle imbalances if sailing is your primary sport. ------------- http://www.amazon.co.uk/Be-Your-Own-Tactics-Coach/dp/0470973218/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1312565831&sr=8-1 - |
Posted By: squeek
Date Posted: 28 Apr 05 at 8:40pm
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* lower your legs from one side to the other * doesnt that work obliques more than abs?? would love a hiking bench but if i made it i fink it would colapse  (and not because im fat!)is working stomach and back muscles/groups gonna lead to imbalances?? |
Posted By: hurricane
Date Posted: 28 Apr 05 at 8:51pm
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did any one see the ones for sale at the dinghy show? ------------- lifes to short to sail slow boats! RIP Olympic Tornado 1976-2007 |
Posted By: Wave Rider
Date Posted: 28 Apr 05 at 9:09pm
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No where they good? ------------- -[Franko]- Chew Valley Lake Sailing Club RS600 933 |
Posted By: squeek
Date Posted: 28 Apr 05 at 9:15pm
| expensive?? |
Posted By: sten
Date Posted: 29 Apr 05 at 8:57am
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The supplier of the hiking bench was; dont know what they cost but they looked the biz for when you cant go sailing.
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Posted By: KnightMare
Date Posted: 29 Apr 05 at 10:23am
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ok i think that web address whould have an extra h: http://www.hitechsailing.com - www.hitechsailing.com but it isnt up and running yet. ------------- http://theramblingsofmyinnergeek.blogspot.com/ |
Posted By: pro wannabe
Date Posted: 07 May 05 at 9:18pm
if your asking to find out which muscles to work on, all stomach muscles! the reason middle age men get bulges at the bottom of their stomaches is because most neglect the lower abs, to work these do sit ups with your thys pointing up and your calfs pointing away from you parallel to your body. hope this helps ------------- Your spinni aint as big as your mouth! |