Pull-Ups & Chin-Ups for Explosive Skating
from How To Inline Skate on 15 May 2017
Pull ups and chin ups I do whenever I’m out skating in the park
Does it make me a better skater? I believe it does, yes
Here are my thoughs
1# Sprinters are strong
I’m sure you’ve seen these like super muscular sprinters
So if big muscles are good for runners, they should be for skaters too, right?
At least for explosive skating with lots of spints,
I think a strong upper body really make you faster
… For marathons I’m not sure if this applies though, does it?
Anyway don’t forget, the arm swing is really important when you skate
… especially when accelerating and going uphill
#2 Falling
More muscles and stronger bones will help prevent serious injury, right?
I think so … to some extent
Just keep in mind that falling is mostly about how you fall
so being strong is not enough .. far from ..
But what I try to say is if you do fall and you wear protection,
you try to make the fall as soft as possible, divert energy away your wrists, and so on, and so on,
at least being stronger gives better odds at avoiding injury
#3 Balance
I always emphasize my monkey arms
Your arms and upper body are extremely important for balance
and a bit more muscular and explosive arms should help you keep your balance better
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So these are at least my thoughts, maybe something I left out or something you don’t agree with
… let us know in the comments
Anyway, a little bit of upper body strength doesn’t hurt, right?
And here’s how I train
Here I do chin ups. This means underhand grip
But I also do pullups with an overhand grip
I also like to alternate how wide the grip is
Sometimes I pull myself up slowly, or let go down slowly
or hold a fixed position.
I don’t really have a fixed schedule .. I just try different things
Oh yea … dip bars are also good
But if you’re not quite strong enough yet
feel free to be creative …
There are plenty of channels on youtube dedicated to just pull ups, so
I recommend you watch those to get some more tips