Adults and Seniors Can Learn to Surf. Many adults are already in good condition because they exercise. The biggest foe in learning to surf is being sedentary and inflexible. Adults and seniors also lose body strength if they haven’t’ been active.
Preparation for surfing, surfing, and conditioning to become a better surfer are all good goals to a better lifestyle. What in your lifestyle wouldn’t benefit by you being stronger, more flexible and having more stamina? Getting surf fit is a full body enterprise. It can be accomplished patiently and a little at a time. The best plan is to work on something every day.
Getting Prepared to Learn to Surf
Surfing demands upper body, lower body, and core strength. It needs flexibility. Stamina is important so that one can last an hour or so in a surf lesson or in any practice session. More time in the water with adequate strength means more learning time and building more paddling strength.
Surfing begins with catching a foam wave. A few fast paddles gets the surfer in front of the wave. This is a quick three paddle sprint. Most recreational swimmers are not used to sprinting. I even have to tell high school swimmers this is a sprint not a 500 meter swim. The paddling is one of the most tiring aspects.
Next the surfer has to get their body standing on the surfboard. This requires pushing their body off the surfboard. Too much weight is a challenge if the upper body has not been exercised. Next the surfer puts a foot on the surfboard under their body. Once again, a challenge if their is not flexibility.
Then the surfer puts the other foot under their chest and now stands up. Strength and some balance needed here. Once standing, riding is pretty easy. New surfers just want to ride straight to the beach on a foam wave with a big volume surf board. Most adults, once standig in the proper stance have no problem riding the surfboard.
Read a good book to get ready.
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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.
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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.
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