Tips To Help You Go 10% Faster in Your Next Paddle Race
A series of tips and hacks to help you go 10% faster in your next race.
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Know How To Finish: How to go 10% faster in your next paddling race
This post is part of a series of tips and hacks to help you go 10% faster in your next race. For some athletes, implementing just one of these tips will net you a 10% gain. For others, combining the tips in these articles will produce that 10% improvement at your next paddle race. Many…
How to Go 10% Faster at Your Next Race: Know the Rules, Know the Course
Know the Rules, Know the Course This is the third article in a series of tips and hacks to help you go 10% faster in your next race. For some athletes, implementing just one of these tips will net you a 10% gain. For others, combining the tips in these articles will produce that 10%…
How to Go 10% Faster at Your Next Race…Don’t Skip the Race Day Warm Up
This is the second article in a series of of tips and hacks to help you go 10% faster in your next race. Obviously, since you’re here, you realize the most important thing you can do is get on a systematic training plan, but these tips can help you eke even more speed out of…
How to Go 10% Faster at Your Next Race…Try “Fartlek Racing”
This is the first in a series of articles of tips and hacks to help you go 10% faster in your next race. Obviously, since you’re here, you realize the most important thing you can do is get on a systematic training plan, but these tips can help you eke even more speed out of…
What to do after your peak race…
You’ve trained hard and peaked for your top priority race — so what do you do now? This is an important question, because what you do with your training after your peak race can have a significant effect on any futures races (even if that next race is next season). The Transition Phase We call…
Dealing with Missed Workouts in Your Paddle Training Plan
How to get back on track when you miss workouts due to injury, illness, or other disruptions Frequency and consistency are vital components of a successful paddleboard or outrigger canoe training plan. Well-designed training plans are carefully thought out and intentional, with every workout having a place and purpose. So you’ll definitely get the best…
Prioritizing Races in your Paddle Training Season
An effective stand up paddle or outrigger canoe training plan generally starts with you, the paddle athlete, prioritizing your races throughout your race season. Then your training plan works to have you peak for your most important races. We’ve put together some quick guidelines to help you prioritize your races and integrate them into your…
10 Tips to Using Breakthrough Workouts in Paddle Training
Breakthrough workouts are an essential factor in your paddling training plan. To get the most benefit from these important workouts, you need to understand to how to use them to perform your best on race day. What is a breakthrough workout? Breakthrough workouts are typically hard workouts that help you break through to a new…
5 Key Lessons from a Paddle Channel Paddler
For the past six months, exercise physiologist and OC1 paddler Barry Blackburn has been using and testing our Online Training Platform. Barry shared with us five things he has learned using the training system. Welcome, fellow paddler! Here are five key lessons I have learned using The Paddle Channel’s highly individualized training program. 1. Take…
Understanding Repeats and Intervals in Paddle Training
In our training programs, you will see a number of “repeats” in your workouts. Here’s an example: In this workout, you would warm up first (of course) and then paddle at Zone 4 (your intended race pace) for 5 minutes, immediately followed by paddling 2 minutes at Zone 2 (your easy recovery pace). You will…
Finding Your Max Heart Rate
Maximum Heart Rate Test Protocols One of the more effective ways to gauge intensity during your training sessions is to utilize a heart rate monitor and work at prescribed intensities during your workout. While using a heart monitor isn’t required, we have found that training by heart rate is more effective and more interesting than…