Week 4 - Off the Couch Training Plan - Building Base/Strength
Recovery weeks and rest days are often overlooked and it takes discipline to not do that extra paddle or run on a rest day. For most, you might actually feel really good during the second half of a recovery week and feel like you should go and do an extra workout or two. FOMO is a real thing. I mean, if your friends are working out...
Week 3 - Off the Couch Training Plan - Building Base/Strength
Training programs are designed using a progressive workload. Meaning adding weight, frequency or number of repetitions every week for anywhere from 2 to 4 weeks followed by a recovery week to give your body the opportunity to repair itself. Each of these weekly blocks are considered mesocycles. Ideally, you want to stack 3 to 5 mesocycles consecutively to create a macrocycle or training program. The longer the training program...
Week 2 - Off The Couch Training Plan - Building Base/Strength
During the first month of training, it’s important to set a good foundation for your body to build off of. Majority of training will be in Level 2,3. Think of this training as the locomotive that keeps on going with low effort. During this early period, you are trying to find speed at low intensity focusing on solid technique and power application. As well as...
Week 1 - Off the Couch Training Plan - Building Base/Strength
Week 1: Building Base/Strength
In the first weeks of any training regimen it’s important to shake off the cobwebs and start building strength and base. Basework is key for athletes who are involved in endurance or sprint racing sports especially if you haven't been training during the off season. LSD or long slow duration is what you need...
Talk Story
Read stories from other paddlers. They share their struggles, how they overcame obstacles, their experiences, and things they learned out on the water.
Nov 07, 2021
The following story is from our fellow paddler, Jill. While she would never had volunteered this story to share with our paddling community, we asked her to do it for us. We think it is so important for us to support each other in our achievements and this is a big one. Let us know if you can relate...
Sep 14, 2021
Sitting in my OC1, rocking gently on the ocean’s surface and feeling the slight breeze as it brushes softly against my cheeks always stills my mind and calms my spirit. As I sit there and take in the beauty...
Sep 06, 2021
As one of our five company values, ocean preservation is always on our minds. We want you to know that we are doing all we can as a business to prevent and clean-up plastic...
Jul 02, 2021
I see a decent, though small, wave approaching. I take off, hold my line in time with the wave, and catch it with just a few paddle strokes. There it is, that glorious feeling of sitting on top of the world...
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