We stretch before we run, we stretch before we lift weights, Rossi stretches before he rides, as does every professional motorcyclist. So why don’t you? It doesn’t matter if you’re touring, doing a track day, or riding single-track, stretching can benefit everyone by helping to give you full range of motion while also getting your muscles warmed up to work more effectively. If you’re sore after a long day of riding, stretching can help if done immediately afterwards as well as the next morning before saddling back up. You want to keep those muscles from becoming short and tight, which causes them to function less efficiently and can lead to injury. Another tip to help with muscle soreness … More
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Forget complex weight loss programs, personal trainers, and magical pills. Surfing is the best and most efficient weapon against obesity.
Surfing helps you stay fit. Not only because it burns fat, but also because it naturally induces a lifestyle based on a rich and tasteful diet that increases water drinking and proteins, and reduces fats, carbs, and sugar.
Soda drinks and fast food, for example, are some of your worst enemies, even when … More
Fifty-six years ago almost to the day, a strange and horrifying event in a seaside town in California inspired Alfred Hitchcock’s thriller “The Birds.” Scores of sooty shearwaters flew into the sides of buildings and at residents who ventured outside. The seabirds vomited anchovies and died en masse in the streets.
What caused those birds to go crazy in Capitola? … More
Let’s admit it, we get lazy this time of year.
While others spend their entire their summer getting their bods beach-ready, we’re just recovering. Come warm weather season, our bodies are sore and worn out after another season stuffing our feet into ski boots and destroying our legs, not to mention our livers.
While it may not seem like it, it’s going to start snowing again soon. Now is the perfect time to dust off those old ski muscles and get back into peak winter shape. Here’s a list of the best off-season training tips to … More