The Wake Plan 1 – Tailor Made Wakeboarding Fitness
The main focus of the Wake Plan series is ultimately injury prevention. There are no guarantees that you’re going to sustain a wakeboarding injury, but there are obviously risks. Nobody is immune as with any sport, but you can take sensible measures against falling into common injury traps by seeking out the help of professionals who understand wakeboarding.
Rehabilitation from injury is a long and tedious process, with precious time spent off the water; nobody wants to see you go through that unnecessarily. It is unfortunate that many wakeboarders only learn how to strengthen vulnerable areas during the rehab process!
So, we suggest that you get involved with fitness professionals BEFORE you risk injury and use rehabilitation exercises as a means of prevention, rather than cure.
“Physical and mental preparation in all sports is vitally important to ensure we condition our bodies effectively. Specific conditioning, movement patterns and core strength are essential for wake boarders to prevent common injuries such as ACL/PCL damage and general knee complications. By making sure these fundamentals are addressed with the expert guidance of a Personal trainer/conditioning coach, you will give yourself a great platform to work from and progress onto bigger and better things. Every top athlete requires help in order to become the best, getting a head start with a personal training session will be a step in the right direction. Train Fresh - Get Fit”
Michael Lovett Strength and Conditioning Coach
If you’re serious about getting the very most out of your wakeboarding, we recommend that you go and visit a physiotherapist and then a personal trainer for good professional advice, especially if you’re concerned about any weak points. They can assess you thoroughly and work together to make you a customised fitness plan, taking into account wakeboarding demands and your current physical state. By identifying weak areas in your strength and fitness they can work to bring everything in line; you may be physically strong, but unfit, in which case fatigue could leave you vulnerable to injury, or you may have weak arms which could strain your back, for example.
The body’s natural instinct is to compensate for weak areas which could have adverse effects on other parts of your body. These professionals can help you develop a strong and secure body, ready for the demands of wakeboarding. In our opinion, talking to sports health professionals will give you a far better understanding of your body and the exercises you may practice with them will help you develop a greater appreciation of the physical demands that wakeboarding will place on it. By getting body wise, you’ll learn to recognise when a ‘niggle’ may be something more and save you risking further damage. We strongly recommend a training regime like this to complement your wakeboarding all year round.
Next week – complimentary sports and activities
Wake Plan: Prevention is better than cure !!
The Wake Plan Series: Prevention is better than Cure
The Wake Plan 1 – Tailor Made Wakeboarding Fitness
The Wake Plan 2 – Complimentary sports and activities
The Wake Plan 3 – Trampoline Benefits
The Wake Plan 4 – Introducing Chiropractic
The Wake Plan 5 – Diet and nutrition
The Wake Plan 6 – Warm up and stretch
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