Flying Fish Paddle Tribe

How are you going to react when the going gets tough? What kind of athlete are you? The kind that gives up when it starts to hurt, or the kind that digs deep and pushes through the fatigue and doubt to come out the other side victorious?

There is only one way to find out. Get out there and see what you're made of! Quote: Heywood Broun

And if we do these things it allows us to recover better, train harder, and possibly train more. This applies to paddlers especially!

The Gaps in Your Training Aren't in the Gym You need to get more reps in, but not with a barbell.

Make excellence a habit! Quote by Aristotle.

"If your goal is to finish in the top 50% of the field, then your SUP race pacing strategy will almost always need to involve a sprint at the beginning of the race."

GET RESULTS WITH THESE SUP RACE PACING TIPS SUP race pacing is an important part of SUP racing. Read this article to learn the best SUP race pacing strategies to help you beat your competition.

For those of you who's lower back gets fried like mine.

Lower back blown up from deadlifts? Apply a liberal amount of AntiVenom to your lower back, especially the erectors. Alternatively, have it massaged and worked in by a therapist, even better!

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Pacific Paddle Games (PPGs) Agrees to Remain 14ft after Listening to Community Feedback PPGs agrees to remain 14ft for men (and 12'6 for women)

A little from Vince Lombardi.

Men and women what size board do you prefer personally? Do you think board sizes should be officially standardized?

Facepalm: Pacific Paddle Games Flip-Flops Back to 12'6, Adds Fuel to the 'Board Class Debate' Fire Just when a resolution seemed likely, it's back to square one...

Jamie Mitchell and Quiksilver Set to Announce Major New SUP Race in Southern California The return of the famous ''JM Survivor Race''

"Isolation exercises don’t improve your performance in functional activities (sports, hunting, lifting heavy things in real world terms); they increase your ability to only perform that specific isolation exercise." "Try to lift a heavy rock after a year of leg extensions, hamstring curls, and calf raises, and you won’t know how to coordinate each muscle to complete the movement."

Does your strength training solely consist of isolation exercises?

Read more: http://www.marksdailyapple.com/muscle-imbalances/

The Danger of Muscle Imbalances and the Importance of Symmetry Symmetry is a beautiful thing. It seems to be nature’s preferred state, at least in the structure of organisms: two eyes for stereoscopic vision...