You will have to use less weight then normal but this should really help improve your balance and work
the stabilizer muscles in your legs.
Not exact matches
While the act of paddling taps your shoulders, back, and core, the
muscles in your
legs (including your smaller
stabilizer muscles that are usually inactive) have to pull major overtime to keep you upright and stable when paddleboarding, especially on turbulent waters.
This is great for strengthening the smaller
stabilizer muscles in the core as well as the
legs.
In addition to isolating each calf, standing on one
leg challenges your core
muscles even further and places extra
muscle tension on the quads, hamstrings, glutes, and hip
stabilizers on the stance side.
In most cases (except leg work, I guess) unilateral movement requires insane strength in muscles, joints, tendons, ligaments, core, stabilizers and body as whol
In most cases (except
leg work, I guess) unilateral movement requires insane strength
in muscles, joints, tendons, ligaments, core, stabilizers and body as whol
in muscles, joints, tendons, ligaments, core,
stabilizers and body as whole.
Your
legs and all the
stabilizer muscles throughout your body will be heavily used
in when lifting weights.
In addition, the small hip
stabilizer muscles are strengthened when you stand on one
leg, and strong hip
stabilizers help to control and protect the knee from excessive stress.
What
muscles it works: «You use a lot of
stabilizer muscles in the hips, knees and ankles that you don't normally use, as well as larger
muscles like the butt,
legs and core,» says Braganza.