63 episodes
Paddle 2 Fitness Julian Norton-Smith
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- Health & Fitness
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5.0 • 14 Ratings
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For over 20 years, Paddle 2 Fitness as helped paddlers become more efficient in their technique and helped educated them on polarising training methods. In these podcasts, we aim to improve paddlers technique by breaking each part down so you can easily understand and put into practice. We also discuss MAF and 80/20 training principles. We will have you paddling faster, paddling more efficiently and have more fun on the water.
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#62.Two by Two
This month we pair two parts of your stroke together so to help remind you of whats happening at the catch, stroke and exit. We hope that these three pairs will help you create a better activation and remember to focus on boat run through the transition phase / between strokes.
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#61.Percentages – Downwind Paddling
This month we are going to revisit Podcast#9 and explain this concept as a percentage. Our goal is to always keep paddling in a downwind and even when your coasting, you should remain in contact with the water and have some power on the catch. But how much power and when?
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#60.Paddling into the Wind – Quick, Quick, Slow
We are excited to be launching our newest coaching pathway to help you all improve your paddling. We have relaunched our YouTube channel and called it “Paddle 2 Fitness Coaching Channel”. On this channel we will have video content for you to watch and listen to as we paddle off the beach, downwind skills and return to the beach. Plus a number of podcasts will be revisited (visually) and we’ll add some other topics along the way. So please subscribe to our newest channel today.
In this month’s podcast we discuss paddling into the wind and what we would like you to work on in regards to the time your paddle is in the water and the time it is out of the water. This podcast will link with #10 video on our YouTube channel to be uploaded 10th August.
So please subscribe to this podcast, YouTube channel and come join our online training programs.
Happy Paddling,
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#59.Percentages – In training and for warm ups
I have seen so much information around training levels, but what training level are you training at and then, what percentages are you training at when going long and slows or fast and short? In addition, what technique are you thinking about at these percentages? In this podcast, we talk training percentages and why you should be working your training levels out. Plus we then discuss technique areas you should be thinking about to help you paddle faster when paddling at 80%, 90% and / or 100%. Happy Paddling, Coach
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#58.Improving your balance without a single crunch
We were out with a paddler the other week and they asked how can they improve their balance in messy water. To us their balance was good, they just needed a new drill for that extra 1-2%. The drill worked and the paddler found more speed. Happy Paddling, Coach
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#57.Keeping your legs together
We had an email from a paddler asking why their shoulders and lower back hurt following a local event. After some questions, we worked out that the paddlers knees were the issue and came up with a clever drill in order to fix this issues which also improved their hip rotation. Happy Paddling, Coach
Customer Reviews
Oustanding podcast for paddlers
I just recently discovered this podcast and am 100% hooked on it. Julian is extremely knowledgeable on the subject of surfski paddling and he provides advice and tips on how to improve your paddling. I highly recomment this podcast for surfski paddlers and competitive kayakers alike. This is the podcast for paddlers I've been hoping somebody would do.
Awesome Tips for Surfski Paddling
Even considering myself a growing intermediate surfski paddler and digesting everything I can on the sport (books, forums, videos, training camps), Coach Julian's Surf Ski Coach podcast gave me tips and analogies I never heard before. Great tips so far on such topics as easily determining paddle length, hip rotation (with that tip unlocking increased speed the first time I tried just looking at my GPS data), reading the waves and balance training have been invaluable to me. What I also like is its a bounty of information in just a 9-12 min format. Easily knocked out during a walk or commute, unlike other podcasts that are 90 mins or longer and you have to go back to several times to complete with your busy schedule. Highly recommend this podcast!!
-Dr. Dave in Wisconsin
Best podcast focused on Surfski technique
He focuses on the technical aspects of Surfski and is very good at explaining the concepts. Listen to it at home, then go out and practice on your ski.