Hi guys,
I was wondering if anyone else needs 3-4 days to recover from an intense kitesurfing session like myself. My entire body aches, sun burn on my legs (the only place I didn't apply sun screen), eyes burn, sea water taste in my mouth for a couple of days, blisters on my hands, a bruise or two from my board.

Sounds familiar?

toughen up princess

Spent 6 hours kiting yesterday. Can handle the burnt arms and legs (my stupidity) its my eyes being burnt i can't handle!
No other soreness

Mikedobee said...

Hi guys,
I was wondering if anyone else needs 3-4 days to recover from an intense kitesurfing session like myself. My entire body aches, sun burn on my legs (the only place I didn't apply sun screen), eyes burn, sea water taste in my mouth for a couple of days, blisters on my hands, a bruise or two from my board.

Sounds familiar?

Sea water taste in your mouth for a couple days...?

Hardly

You're probably confusing it for semen

I hit it hard over the weekend. I feel fantastic. I love that leaden feeling in the arms and legs and the little ouch I get standing up. It lets me know I'm still alive and still having way too much fun.

If it's just one day then get out and do it again. Getting moving again is great to warm up the muscles and mobilise the joints. Maybe pace yourself and have a "light" session. Cruise around on a raceboard or noodle around the local beach doing little air gybes and stuff.

If you've been going hard for days on end then it is important to take rest days and avoid over training. The hard days are the stimulus for growth but the rest days are when the growth actually happens.

A couple of asides, my favourite thing is extreme toe side riding. Edging super hard, and jamming upwind fast and furious feels great. The position is similar to low back stretches I have been given to do. I have not had an instance of crippling low back pain (and I have not grovelled around on the floor doing stretches) since I got into riding a directional with lots of dynamic toe side riding.

I am skeptical of the benefits of supplementary training (weights, running, etc). Certainly do something else to keep you fit in the off season or if there is a gap of several days between sessions. But, if you are kiting for a couple of hours each day, and doing it with intensity, then you are getting more than enough exercise. It's more important to get adequate rest than to hammer your body harder than you are hammering it already.

I to had the 9 days straight a couple of weeks back. Felt my body getting tighter and tighter and the day I said righto, time to sort this out...

bang there goes an intercostal muscle. Thankfully not much came through (missed a couple of epic days but not many).

I feel if you are kiting every day for a a number of days, the bare minimum you should do is a long slow stretch morning and night.

This will reduce fatigue muscle strains like I got. New it was coming.. to late.

On the off days no harm in a little aerobic exercise like bike riding.

Also (as of now) a big believer in strenghting your core.

But yeh you do get wrecked, but man it feels good.

After 18 years of regular mountain biking and 7 years of kiting i have some awesome endurance. 4 hours bearly registers the next day.

My week link is my knees and hips.

push to hard on consecutive days then the pain starts. Sometimes it can take weeks to go...


grrr old age is setting in!

I am skeptical about super foods, although there are people who claim to get benefit from them. I am 56. Got to go. Wind is blowing.

theDoctor said...

Mikedobee said...

Hi guys,
I was wondering if anyone else needs 3-4 days to recover from an intense kitesurfing session like myself. My entire body aches, sun burn on my legs (the only place I didn't apply sun screen), eyes burn, sea water taste in my mouth for a couple of days, blisters on my hands, a bruise or two from my board.

Sounds familiar?

Sea water taste in your mouth for a couple days...?

Hardly

You're probably confusing it for semen

yeah the doc would know. He's an expert on that subject

It is weird how it hurts everywhere, but if you get on the water 24hrs later then it does not hurt.

Its called active recovery. you work the lactic acid out of your body by working it.

Plummet said...
After 18 years of regular mountain biking and 7 years of kiting i have some awesome endurance. 4 hours bearly registers the next day.

My week link is my knees and hips.

push to hard on consecutive days then the pain starts. Sometimes it can take weeks to go...


grrr old age is setting in!

Totally agree, get on a mountain bike in the bush.

and if your so soft, take a tea spoon (or several) of cement

The5MetreKid said...
I often kite for 2+ hours every day of the week there is wind, because i only in the flat water unhooking i often get sore shoulders the next few days. I use one of these, get one from rebel sport, it roles the lactic acid out of you somehow, try using it after a heavy session and stretch for 30 mins, it leaves your muscles feeling way better the next day. Theres heaps of youtube videos showing you different ways to do it - try it out and see if it helps.

Snap, just got one of those while I was in Melbourne, works great so far!

now that i'm 30 years sadly no warm up stretch = niggle in 30 mins flat

light gym over winter made big diff i found especially squats only 20kg tho

realised eyes get sore no sunnies as they burn just like skin, i had just never thought about it as such ?! at least at noon, take em off in later avo to enjoy in full HD

Mikedobee said...

Hi guys,
I was wondering if anyone else needs 3-4 days to recover from an intense kitesurfing session like myself. My entire body aches, sun burn on my legs (the only place I didn't apply sun screen), eyes burn, sea water taste in my mouth for a couple of days, blisters on my hands, a bruise or two from my board.

Sounds familiar?

You poor poor princess, I'm feeling your pain! Perhaps, as I advised in March, a teaspoon of cement in your morning coffee...?

www.seabreeze.com.au/forums/Kitesurfing/Review/Slingshot-Kites-absolutely-great-barspain/

Are you sure kiting is for you? Perhaps a bit of stamp collecting or knitting would be a less strenuous substitute...

How about extreme lawn bowling?

eppo said...
How goes it subby ya back in the big smoke dude?

Hey your Monkness, or is it Monkship? Get back tomorrow

I'll give you call

Mikedobee said...
Woooow, lads, slow down. I said intense kitesurfing, going out 100 m, Practice a trick, go back, try another trick, and so on. Plus the water was pretty choppy.

Some stretching could help before and after the session, but never really seen anyone doing it though.

thats cause i sneak a few hammy stretches in while it may look like i'm just pumping up ;)

i wanted to find a link about a theory i'd heard about stretch is part physical part reminding body of limits but this was a laugh instead:

www.stretchworks.net/resistance-stretching/meridian-flexibility-benefits.php