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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">They may not always feel like the most physically demanding activities, but even the impact of regularly hiking or fishing can cause tightness and imbalances in your body that can eventually cause injuries if they aren’t addressed. If you want to keep yourself healthy and performing at your best in whatever outdoor activity it is that you love, you need to make pliability a habit.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Here are our favorite pliability techniques to use before and after you hike, fish, kayak, bike, or swim:</span></p>
<h2><span style="font-weight: 400;">Hiking:</span></h2>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Although hiking can vary anywhere from walking on a flat trail to scaling the side of a cliff or mountain, the bulk of the strain from a hike is placed on the lower body. Spend 5 minutes using your Vibrating Pliability Roller or Sphere to activate some of the key muscles in your lower body before you get to the trailhead. Focus especially on your glutes and calves: </span></p>


<h2><span style="font-weight: 400;">Fishing:</span></h2>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Fishing can create significant tension in both the forearm of the reeling hand, and the forearm of the hand you use to hold the rod steady. If you’re like me and you enjoy fishing for hours at a time, that tension can lead to tightness that extends into both biceps and causes discomfort as you fight to reel in a big catch. Preparing your body by rolling through your forearms and chest before you hit the water can help alleviate this tightness:</span></p>


<h2>Kayaking:</h2>
<p>Kayaking is an often under-appreciated form of exercise, as it heavily involves your arms and shoulders and requires a strong, steady core. These muscles work in tandem to give you the strength and stability needed to paddle through the water at high speeds while maintaining balance. For the casual kayaker, it&#8217;s easy to become arm-dominant or allow your shoulders to shrug while you paddle, both of which can lead to tightness and injury. For your pre- and post-kayaking pliability, focus on targeting the posterior of your shoulders, and the area between your shoulder blades:</p>


<h2>Biking:</h2>
<p>Bicycling comes in so many forms now – spin classes, in-home stationary bikes, recreational cycling outdoors, and more intense, competitive racing. There&#8217;s something for everyone in the cycling world, and most of us will find ourselves riding a bike one way or another during the beautiful summer and fall weather.</p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">You would think that a lower-body dominated exercise like cycling would be great for creating strong glutes. After all, this muscle group is primarily active in hip extension, a major component of pushing down on the pedals. Glutes are also largely responsible for hip abduction, adduction, and rotation. This is where cyclists get in trouble, and where pliability can help. </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">As glute activation decreases, athletes gravitate to a cycling position that is more quad dominated, which then further diminishes glute activation. We love to use pliability to help activate the glutes before a ride, and release any tension throughout the quads:</span></p>
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<h2>Swimming:</h2>
<p>Swimming is a fantastic form of total body exercise – it&#8217;s great for active people of all ages and offers both a cardiovascular workout and physical challenge. Swimming is unique in that it requires a lot of both the upper and lower body, and it&#8217;s important to adequately take care of both key components in your pre- and post-swimming pliability. With your upper body, focus especially on the musculature in your shoulder, as swimmers do sometimes tend to experience shoulder tightness and pain if not properly prepared. In the lower body, focus on pliability for your hamstrings:</p>


How Pliability Can Help You Perform Your Favorite Outdoor Activities Better and For Longer

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Pliability for the Calves

Pliability for the Glutes

Forearm Pliability

Pliability for the Chest

Pliability for the Posterior Shoulder

Pliability Between the Shoulder Blades

Pliability for the Glutes

Pliability for the Quads

Pliability for the Shoulder

Pliability for the Hamstring

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