Toshinari Takayanagi
Member
I am a grand-masters age Laser sailor. I know many Laser sailors have hike bench at some point (either bought or home made), but not many people actually use it. And I am one of them. I made the bench 4 years ago based on Make Your Own Hiking Bench, but very quickly it went to the garage. But in this lockdown situation when we cannot go out on the water, I started trying it again. But the problem is: since the hike bench training is so hard, I could hardly do it 2 minutes. Since I could not do it for a meaningful amount of time, I was discouraged to do it… - Just a vicious cycle again. So, I changed two things: (1) I added rope (imitating mainsheet) so that I can get help from it if needed (please see the picture), and (2) I do it more interval way: 20 sec hike out, 10 sec rest, 20 sec hike, 10 sec rest,… With these, I can now do it 5min. But the reality is: I am resting one third of time and I am getting help from the rope most of the time. So, I am not sure how effective it is. Also, I am still not feeling the sense of improvement: It is still very hard, and doing longer than 5 minutes is very challenging.
So, my question is: is there more effective way to do the hike bench training so that I can continue it and get real improvement?
So, my question is: is there more effective way to do the hike bench training so that I can continue it and get real improvement?