RollToronto, Blading Wellness: Rob Guerrero
This is the second part of a series we’re doing to promote blading wellness (check the Murda Interview here), and encourage rollerbladers to take care of their bodies. After the first interview with Murda at the Montreal Classic, Corey Grantham convinced Robert Guerrero to sit down with us and share his insights on blading wellness. Rob was a very talkative interviewee, and had a lot of personal experiences to talk about. He strongly believes in stretching and eating well, so we had lots to talk about right off the bat.
One topic that Rob continued to visit was taking care of your joints. He didn’t mention this in his interview, but I thought I would mention the use of glucosamine. I have recently started taking it on a regular basis, to see if it has any effect on the wellness of my joints. The idea here is that if you take a supplement to improve lubrication in your joints, that it will have a positive effect on your body, and therefore improve your skating. But does it work? Thats hard to say. Some people say it does, and some avoid it. It’s hard to measure this sort of thing. One thing you can ask yourself is can you afford to pay about 40 bucks a month to take a pill that might help your body feel better? Is it worth it? Thats up to you.
Rob talks about a number of different things you can do to keep your body in shape – from martial arts training, to eating well, and balancing your mind with your body. But enough out of me, watch the interview and I’m sure you’ll come to your own conclusions.
- Dave
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September 16th, 2009 at 10:16 am
He seems such a nice person.
September 16th, 2009 at 3:13 pm
good interview and its nice see, that i`m not the only person that has some problems with getting an older body and still blading :)
by the way, warm up 10-15 minutes before skating is more important than stretching. when you warm up, your muscles get filled with blood and its easyer for your heart to pump it through your veins.
but you should stretch also sometimes and stretching has a positive psychology effect to athelts before doing sports.
rob g is a cool guy! go on!
September 16th, 2009 at 4:24 pm
He is! Such a great role model and a fantastic ambassador for the sport.
September 16th, 2009 at 4:25 pm
wow so down to earth, what a skater hope hes got a few more sections in him… hes a rollerblade icon… long live Rob g
September 16th, 2009 at 5:11 pm
So true but how many time I earn only laugh for streching before my session or explaining to other kids that if they want to be better they should rest more/strech/do some musculation or another sport. My both knee are cainning and sometimes it’s so hard to skate, some younger one don’t really understand the price some people pay to skate.
Rob G all for you, all for you.
September 16th, 2009 at 5:32 pm
Rob G is the man and this was great.
I’m always about stretching before a session and warming up properly. I remember this one kid said you don’t need to stretch if you warm up correctly. Uh, right dude. If you can make that work for you, do it up. But I need to get limber first.
I would also recommend folks go to the gym and do some legs. I love doing yoga, but it’s expensive. Just doing some of the same motions you do on skates, without your skate, right before you skate, in a smooth, fluid motion, will help limber you up.
September 16th, 2009 at 5:53 pm
“AAAAlleeeeez Robert !!!”
September 16th, 2009 at 8:03 pm
and i smoke a spliff!!
September 17th, 2009 at 1:07 am
Word up, Rob G speaks teh tr00f :)
I take Glucosamine Sulphate pills, they do help quite lot as my knees have improved a fair bit. You can get them for cheaper than $40 in some places that do delivery or places like Holland & Barrett in the UK. I think cod liver oil is supposed to help a bit as well for joint lubrication.
September 17th, 2009 at 8:55 am
great interview.. love the idea of interviewing influential skaters… but itd be extremely better if you go in a room or something because all the noises in the background are annoying. I could barely hear him.
September 17th, 2009 at 5:04 pm
guerrero, the man. very true what he says. keep those interviews coming!
September 17th, 2009 at 7:40 pm
taking fish oil pills before skating are great too.
after my knee surgery I took them instead of anti inflammatory pills and they were amazing. they were recommended by my buddy’s girl who is a naturopathic doctor
now I take one before skating and don’t have any pain afterward.
I swear by them – get the good ones, the more pricey ones. there are cheapies, but they contain less actual fish – if you are going to buy the cheapies you may as well not buy them at all.
great interview. nice to see that the sport has us loosing the generation gap and older guys are sticking around.
September 18th, 2009 at 5:05 am
I do a few things and at 26 it keeps me going smooth. Don’t push hammers anymore, but skate smart and have fun.
Surfing helps my cardio and back and chest/core muscles. Also enjoy bike riding and longboarding.
Push ups and variations of sit ups/planks every night to second night.
A few free weight lifting keeps your body evened out.
A good solid hour of stretching every muscle possible really really helps. I try and focus on hamstrings and hips.
I could do more but these few small things even 2 times a week really really help.
September 18th, 2009 at 8:01 am
wow,, super cool guy Rob G.
One of my favorits skates.
September 22nd, 2009 at 8:47 am
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