*OUTDOOR CLASS AT EASTVILLE PARK (meeting point: tennis court)
This class will help you MORE EFFICIENT so you can spend more time surfing!
Let's improve the way we move in the water and prevent injuries.
- ABOUT THIS CLASS:
It is a MOVEMENT OPTIMIZATION CLASS. Therefore it's suitable for ALL levels!
GOALS:
1. To improve one's proprioception (perception of one's body position in space). This leads to building one's ability to self-assess and regulate their static and dynamic posture at any given moment. 2. To educate on the optimum way to do that through activation and dynamic stretching drills. 3. To improve the understanding of the compensation mechanisms that can be developed through years of using our body in certain ways and how these affect our ability to perform and stay injury free. 4. To improve the function of the body as a whole through detecting and improving the weaker components of the kinetic chain.
KEY ASPECTS:
1. Improve the breathing pattern in order to promote spine stabilization, muscle function and power production. 2. Improve strength and functional mobility of one's joints. This will lead to better pop-up and better positioning on the board. 3. Optimize muscle function through proper alignment of our joints. This is built from the bottom up through strength and movement drills about our feet, knees, hips, core and shoulder complex. 3. Here we put our ego aside. This is a time to listen to our body, be honest and workout not through our need to prove our capabilities but through the necessity to assist the weak muscles to improve and catch up with the rest of our body.
- ABOUT ME:
MY MISSION IS TO HELP YOU IMPROVE YOUR MOVEMENT SO YOU CAN IMPROVE YOUR SURFING
My name is Isidora Vlachou and I am a Strength & Movement coach and a Corrective Exercise Specialist. I have 8 yrs of experience of helping people get stronger, become more mobile and overcome stubborn injuries. I use an integrative approach, combining knowledge from various disciplines in which I have trained. Calisthenics, animal movement, resistance training, pilates, yoga, martial arts and dance are blended together with biomechanics principles in this holistic approach. I am passionate about improving strength, function and freedom of movement.
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- FAQs:
HOW DOES MOBILITY IMPROVE MY SURFING?
1. YOU WILL BE ABLE TO PADDLE FOR LONGER PERIODS OF TIME AND MAXIMIZE WAVE COUNT. Improve your shoulders' mobility, learn how to protect your neck and lower back while you paddle, strengthen the neglected muscles of your back and balance out your posterior chain.
2. YOU WILL BE ABLE TO GET IN THE BODY POSITIONS REQUIRED FOR GOOD SURFING AND STYLE WITHOUT STRAIN. Improve your hips’, knees’ and feet mobility for better and safer stance. Develop your body and spatial awareness and GAIN THE STRENGTH & MOBILITY REQUIRED TO SURF WELL.
4. YOU WILL BE ABLE TO GET THAT PERFECT POP-UP!!
3. YOU WILL PREVENT PAIN, INJURIES AND MUSCLE RESTRICTIONS THAT CAN LIMIT YOUR SURFING. Balance your body by releasing the overused muscles and strengthening the ones you tend to neglect. Improve your overall mobility to protect your joints.
WHAT IS MOBILITY AND WHY DO I NEED IT?
Losing joint range of motion can significantly impact the body’s ability to react to surfing’s challenges. You can’t build stability, endurance, strength or power in joint ranges that you don’t have.
The best way to prevent injuries is by increasing your active mobility, which means owning strength within a certain range of joint motion.
The more mobility you have, the more detail your brain has about your body in space. Your body needs to be able to get into unusual body positions when dealing with moving water, which is constantly changing force and shape.
The more positions and joint angles your body can get into and control, the greater your capacity to adapt to the situation without snapping, straining, tearing, popping or cracking something that shouldn’t.
Stretching and mobilizing may temporarily allow you to move into greater range of motion, but it will not improve your mobility long term. This can only happen as you teach your nervous system that your joints’ ranges of motion can be controlled with strength. By improving your active mobility and strengthening within those newly acquired ranges of motion, your nervous system can be convinced to keep and use those ranges.
