Workouts for kiting????

So from my friends highly recommended advice, I ordered my self a TRX suspension trainer yesterday. I really wanna drop a few lbs for this summer (the past month on night shift hasn't helped) so I figured that with an included 30minute run in the mornings I may be able to do just that........ Just curious if any of you guys with any experience with one of these things, might have any exercises that help with kiting???Swimming might be in the regime once I get into a full routine as well.

I also made this chinup bar from a piece of 3/4" i.d. stainless instrument tubing, and a couple 3/8 eye hooks. Way harder than a stationary bar

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Originally posted by burritobandit This place has great info/routines: http://www.kiteboardingexercises.com/

Thanks for the link, I'll take a look at what it has to offer. @ indigo_wolf I too figure it could be cheaper. I tried to make a set but they were a pain to adjust, so I sucked it up and bought the real deal. After today's session (will tell in snowkite section) I believe that I'm really gonna have to work on my legs, and core. Really shaky when I walk up stairs atm. I'm thinking a cattle sled and some bags of sand to drag around the backyard, would really help. Speaking of rowing I was thinking if I dragged the sled to one end of my yard with a rope strung out the other end, I could run back and in sitting position pull it back with the rope. 20mins of that would really fire things up.

My TRX arrived yesterday For a very basic setup it is extremely effective, and can be used literally anywhere. I just completed my first workout off the basic training dvd that came with my pro pack.:shocked2: I was surprised how challenging it actually is. The workout was set over 40minutes also calling for a warmup in the beginning, and a cool down in the end. I'm gonna invest in a scale in the next day or two and use my wife's measuring tape thingy for sewing so that I can monitor my progress. I also ordered the flexibility workout, in a couple weeks I'll use the first workout one day and the flexibility the next day. Hopefully in the next 12 weeks, I'll see a huge improvement. ATM I would recommend that everyone should try one out at least once, to see how such a simple design can be so diverse.

I'm doing the "Insanity" workout... I'm toning up liKe no ones business, and my harness is fitting much better! Dropped 15lbs in 2 weeks.... Its really fun too, and a great workout for the would be trainee with ADD lol (every 30 seconds its on to a new set of exercises)

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Originally posted by Drewculous I'm doing the "Insanity" workout... I'm toning up liKe no ones business, and my harness is fitting much better! Dropped 15lbs in 2 weeks.... Its really fun too, and a great workout for the would be trainee with ADD lol (every 30 seconds its on to a new set of exercises)

Hey its great to see you still hanging round...don't think I've seen a post from you in a long while. Yeah I actually got a bit of a surprise this morning too. I went and bought a cheapo scale to find that I'm sitting at 182lbs. Six weeks ago before I went on this long stretch of working night shift I was 196lbs. Of course its probably just because in these past 6 weeks I've mostly gone to work and came home and slept for 10 hours. Hopefully from this exercise stuff I'll be able to drop even more. Oh and I also tried on my harness with just a t-shirt after seeing my weight. Way easier to get on too.:wee:

sweet, TRX....awesome workout. About a year ago I made a TRX look-alike and it works pretty well. Mine is a little slower to adjust from what I see on the videos, but works pretty much the same. I even made it out of the black and yellow color scheme. Took a *while* to actually get together though.

Great workout though, tougher exercise than it looks for sure. I like it for the core, getting the little stabilization muscles, and stretching. Nothing quite stretches like it. And ya, retail seems kinda pricey...till you use it. I would still say its worth the retail value.

If you haven't heard of kettlebells, I would check them out, especially if your interested in shedding pounds or keeping them off. It hits cardio and strength at the same time = time saver.
this is a good video I found which shows the variety you can do....just like the TRX....it's pretty much up to your imagination on what you can do.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nhZgNKII4rw

http://www.youtube.com/user/KiteboardingExercise

go here

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Originally posted by Drewculous http://www.youtube.com/user/KiteboardingExercise go here

My shoulders hurt just watching that! I need to strengthen them because they have a tendency to pop out. Today I started back on the lat pull-downs again. Always to the chest - never behind the head. I do need to get a routine when I am away from home. I just was away for 2 weeks with zero workout time.

Clear the sound if you have kids from the music, but I bet this guy would be great at unhooked and aerial tricks. I wanted to be able to do those uneven bars in the Olympics when I was a kid

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OFIJjgDRjKA&feature=chann...

Wooo! LA rains broke enough for a few scudding sets... Another great and fun workout! Getting stronger

Drew - did p90x for 5 weeks and dropped like 10 pounds and felt great once the initial and EXTREME soreness went away but it took too much time out of the day to continue.

Hows insanity? Still an hour+/day?

And for who ever has tried p90x, YOGA sucks