The Problem with Weight and Surfing is two fold. Most beginner surfers note that most surfers they see are lean. Their conclusion is that surfing makes you lean. This can be true. Most professional surfers want to be lean because it makes them more effective.
The first problem with weight is you have to lift it off the surfboard to stand up. The second problem with weight is it probably occurred because the person stopped exercising. Adding weight and diminishing strength are not the formula for surfing success.
The Basics of Losing Weight and Building Strength for Surfing
If a person is overweight, they want to lose weight and add strength. They can be accomplished at the same time. Both will make a person a more effective surfer. What is an effective surfer? It starts with being able to smoothly pop up on a surfboard in good form and ride to the beach.
The surfer body needs upper body strength, lower body strength, core strength, flexibility, and stamina. That is a lot to ask of someone who has not been exercising. It is also a problem for people who do exercises that emphasize only part of the their body, like walking or running. Running has most of the basis covered.
Losing weight is normally a slow process if the person wants to maintain weight loss. Losing ten pounds quickly is normally pretty easy, but then the metabolism begins to fight the weight loss. Losing a lot of weight is a balance between restricting calories and not making the body think you are starving. If the body thinks you are starving, the metabolism starts shutting down services to compensate.
A daily routine is needed for both weight loss and building strength. Strength is easy to build with a gradual program. The muscles adapt by creating more receptors to glucose. More glucose allows more effort, stamina, and better recovery. This is why a person can start off walking 10 minutes a day and build it to an hour. This is why you could build push ups from two to a hundred.
Don’t be in a hurry. Work on a program that will last and be maintained all your life. As you improve, more recreational opportunities will open and your lifestyle will be greatly improved. You will feel better and look better.
Get help in learning to surf and getting fit with one of the books listed below.
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Get the Learn to Surf Guide Course in Kindle, Paperback or Audio
A great 29 page course on the fundamentals of catching waves, doing beginner and advanced pop ups, riding real waves, how to do maneuvers on real waves, which surfboards to ride, and how to progress. Great for lesson preparation, after lesson review, or learning on your own.
Kindle price $2.99 on Amazon. Paperback price $6.95 on Amazon. Audio download price $7.95
Get Fit to Surf
A great guide to strength, flexibility, stamina, and leanness for surfing. Beginner strategies for getting stronger, more flexible, stronger cardiovascular system, and nutrition to lose weight. An improving surfer or one who wants to prepare must meet the whole body physical demands of surfing. Getting stronger improves ones ability to perform better.
Buy on Kindle for $5.99 or the Paperback for $7.99
Every Body Can Surf
To read a great book for getting in shape to surf or getting in better surfing shape, read my new book Overweight People Can Surf, a Health, Fitness, Nutrition, and Surfing Adventure
Description:
Get healthy and fit to surf or set a goal of surfing to improve weight, fitness, nutrition, and health. This guide by a surf instructor/health coach/personal trainer gives the short version of how to lose weight, get strong, build stamina, develop nutrition, and learn to surf. Surfing is a lifestyle enjoyed by millions and so is fitness. Fitness creates opportunities to enjoy life through lots of different kinds of recreation. No need to stand on the sidelines while others are having a great time. Start your program to health with easy steps and progress at your own pace. That is the secret to maintaining a lifestyle. Do it at your pace. This book will start you on the path.
Buy the E book on Amazon for $5.99
Buy the Paperback on Amazon for $7.99
Seniors Get Fit to Surf
Description:
Seniors often ask if it is too late to learn to surf. Age is functional not chronological. If people have been exercising and maintaining body strength, surfing can be accomplished. If people have not been exercising, then getting in shape to surf could be a life changing move. Learn how to develop strength, flexibility, and stamina to learn surfing. If you are in surf shape, you could pursue most any recreation.
Buy the E-book on Amazon for $5.99
Buy the Paperback on Amazon for $7.99
