Coolio Dudeio
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I hear that hiking the wrong way in a laser can seriously damage your back. i have searched different forums but cant seem to find any discussing the right way to hike. Any advice anybody?
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Coolio Dudeio said:I hear that hiking the wrong way in a laser can seriously damage your back. i have searched different forums but cant seem to find any discussing the right way to hike. Any advice anybody?
this isnt not so true the reason that the weight jackets where banned was because it was giving lighter sailors too much advantage eg they could win in heavy and light winds where only heavier sailor could only win in heavy winds but when the light when was there they were extremely disadvantaged "considered Unsports manlike". The two ways of hiking (as stipulated by LaserLady) straight legged hiking and bent leg hiking, straight legged hiking is harder and requires lots of strength and also exerts lots of pressure on the ankle bones and especially the back. Bent leg hiking is easier but doesnt get the weight out as far, but you can hold it for a long time. I prefer straight legged hiking upwind then when reaching or broad reaching i like the bent leg approch. So its all a much of a muchness so if you want to straight leg hike make sure you have the strenght and know how to hiking straight legged properly or you run a good chance of damaging yourself, but bent leg hiking is easier, safer and you can still walk at the end of the dayweight jackets were worn to give more leverage, these have been banned because of the back damage caused
Coolio Dudeio said:I hear that hiking the wrong way in a laser can seriously damage your back. i have searched different forums but cant seem to find any discussing the right way to hike. Any advice anybody?
Tom said:Bent leg hiking is easier but doesnt get the weight out as far, but you can hold it for a long time. [...] bent leg hiking is easier, safer and you can still walk at the end of the day
Teeftie said:The main thing to do to be a strong hiker is to train and condition a lot, long periods of wall-sits, sit-ups, leg raises, hiking bench, they all pay off enourmously.
Chris123 said:My doc (serious sports medicine guy who works with a lot of athletes) told me not to do deep wall sits -- he said don't bend the knees all the way to 90 degrees but stop well before that.
"But how am I going to get the muscle conditioning?" I asked
"Just hold it for longer" he said.
However be careful to hike much more than you cycle or you muscles will adapt to cycling rather than hiking, which makes all that pain and suffering useless.
Hope this helps.
Roadie
Surely cycling excessively will cause you to build up muscles in places around your legs that are counter intuitive?
They would not be very competitive road cyclists as they're all too heavy to climb fast. Froome is over 6' and weights less than 160lb.If that was the case why do all the top laser sailors cycle lots. They all take their bikes with them to training camps and would probably be very competitive road cyclists if they changed sport.
Fair enough, if all the top sailors do it then cycling is the way to go. I'm not trying to argue you guys down I was just wondering.If that was the case why do all the top laser sailors cycle lots. They all take their bikes with them to training camps and would probably be very competitive road cyclists if they changed sport.