RollToronto, Blading Wellness: Brandon Smith
This is the third part of our series that promotes blading wellness, and ensuring that rollerbladers take care of their body. This time Corey and I sat down with Brandon Smith after the Montreal Classic.
As most of your know, Brandon Smith is an extremely experienced rollerblader. He always seems to have complete control every time he skates.
A recurring theme in our conversation with Brandon was stretching, and how important it is. Most bladers don’t realize how much it can help you to stretch before you skate, and that it’s actually most important to stretch after you skate. Stretching afterwards relaxes all your muscles and prevents soreness the next day. A good 20-30 minute stretch when you get home after a long session will make a huge difference the next day. For more information check out this article on about.com ‘When to Stretch – Why Experts Recommend Athletes Stretch After Exercise’.
- Dave.
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September 22nd, 2009 at 9:28 am
………BIG HEAD
September 22nd, 2009 at 4:39 pm
zombie….. he could loose both arms and still skate the same.
September 22nd, 2009 at 7:22 pm
what are these interviews filmed with??.. kinda fuzzy.. but sick none the less
September 22nd, 2009 at 7:50 pm
It has reasontly been proven that streching doesn’t really matters after doing sports.
September 22nd, 2009 at 8:27 pm
crap, always noisy interviews and rubbish web cam quality camera. Stretches!! I mean come on can’t anyone give a more varied in-depth answer, what about going to the gym to build strength and stamina, warming up on smaller stuff before going big, making sure all your parts on your skates are screwed in and not loose etc etc there’s plenty of things to go at but everyone interviewed has about as much personality and gumption as a fly!
September 22nd, 2009 at 8:39 pm
I work as a personal trainer and I can asure you, that stretching AFTER sports, have noe value/effect what so ever. BUT, stretching before, as a warm up or a part of it, can have effect on your elastisity, mobility and therefore more control.
Agreed with Smashing Dumplings…
September 22nd, 2009 at 8:45 pm
hey come on, the previous interviews where much better…
September 22nd, 2009 at 10:59 pm
“I can asure you, that stretching AFTER sports, have noe value/effect what so ever”
absolutely none? you are so full of shit and obviously have no clue
Liar “personal trainers” aside, stretching is never a bad thing before or after skating and enhances flexability, so just do it instead of bitching
September 22nd, 2009 at 11:44 pm
MASSIVE NIGGA DICK
September 23rd, 2009 at 3:38 am
bsmith has been skating longer then ive been alive
September 23rd, 2009 at 6:26 am
i have a question whats with the straight face spins and grinds.lol b smith is the man!
September 24th, 2009 at 5:18 pm
Maximum strength comes after maximum stretch. Proper warm up 5 min stretch (especially growing) before will deffinately help prevent muscle strains. 15 min stretch after will help speed muscle recovery and keep your muscles and connective tissue from shortening. Any time you push a muscle to its limits you cause tears in the muscle which will then shorten the muscle if you dont stretch. Stay away from all gaps to flat. No matter how cool you think it is you will pay later. I have been skating almost 20 years and was riding steps fakie in 91 on a pair of rollerblade macroblades with 88mm wheels before I knew anything about grinding(which is my favorite aspect of Rolling). I decided a long time ago I was going to pretty much skate forever(unlike Jackolone;) Skate smart and make sure to put a pad on the body part only after you injure it…lol. we all do that.
October 10th, 2009 at 4:34 pm
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