As new surfers begin paddling out to catch bigger foam waves they find the need for Getting Stronger for Surfing Bigger Waves. The reason is simple. Bigger waves move faster and the surfer has to accelerate his surfboard.

Considerations are the volume of the surfboard. The weight of the surfer. The speed of the wave. And in real waves, how much assistance you are getting from the pitch or steepness of the wave. As waves get bigger, if they catch your surfboard, you are going, and the question is whether you are on top of the surfboard.

Beginners start with high volume surfboards to catch foam wave. The high volume reduces the amount of power necessary to catch waves. Yet, as bigger waves get faster, the surfer needs more power to catch the wave. As surfers think getting smaller boards is cool, they soon realize how much work is required for paddling. Moving to shorter surfboards 6″ at a time while maintaining width and thickness of bigger boards is recommended to keep the stoke.

Paddling is important, but so is improving the pop up. The pop up is an athletic move that requires upper body, core, and lower body strength. Surfing is a full body sport. Gym workouts with machines or free weights helps a surfer manage their weight for pop ups. There is a power to weight ratio discussed by surfers that says you must have the power to lift your weight off the board.

Advanced surfers like to get lean so they don’t sink their surfboard while paddling. A leaner body is easier to get off the surfboard in a pop up. A leaner body is more agile for maneuvers. They also want to be optimum strong to catch and ride waves. Stamina is important because it determines how long the surf sessions will be. It is also important not to get too tired or the surfer places himself in danger.

Building stamina from paddling is the best way to get surf fit. Outside the water, cross training for strength, flexibility, and stamina require various exercises. Squats and dead lifts are good for core and lower body strength as well as flexibility in the hamstrings, buttocks, and lower back. Pushups and bench presses plus cables are great for upper body strength for paddling and pushing off the surfboard. Intervals in any aerobic activity are the most efficient way to build cardiovascular fitness.

Everything is needed as surfers attempt bigger waves. Fitness also delivers confidence and the surfer needs confidence in his durability to build courage.

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Kindle price $2.99 on Amazon. Paperback price $6.95 on Amazon. Audio download price $7.95

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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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Rarely a first lesson happens when the student doesn’t find their physical conditioning is not up to surfing and need to Improve their Beginner Surfer Fitness. Surfing is a total body exercise and because someone jogs everyday, it doesn’t make them surfing fit.

Surfing requires flexibility, strength, and stamina. Few people lack the necessary balance although most would say before starting that is their biggest problem. If a surfer gets to the right stance on the surfboard, balance is not a problem.

What About Losing Weight

Weight is often a major issue because in gaining the weight there was no exercising. So, losing weight and gaining fitness are a great combination. Surfers like to be lean because it makes them more agile. Advanced surfers want to be lean so they don’t sink the small boards making paddling more strenuous.

By design, beginners start on high volume soft top boards that make it easy to paddle, catch waves, pop up and ride. A beginner should be able to do pushups. This gives them the strength to push their body off the board 20 or 30 times during a lesson. They also need upper body strength for paddling. People out of shape do not have the paddling power to catch waves.

Lower body strength is important for standing on the surfboard from the lying down position. The beginner push up requires the surfer to put a foot flat on the board and stand on it while lifting the hands and moving the other foot to the front of the surfboard. This popup can be practiced in the living room to build the surf specific muscles.

Gaining Flexibility

The best flexibility and lower body plus core exercises are squats and dead lifts. They can be performed without weights to start. They create the flexibility in the hamstrings, buttocks, and lower back necessary for pop ups. They also develop leg strength. Overweight people can surf if they have enough strength and flexibility.

Stamina is important because the paddling in surfing is tiring. There is effort exerted and then recovery needed. Stamina is developed by getting muscles to absorb and store glucose. This is developed by exercising them and increasing the intensity. Any movement is good whether walking, running, biking, swimming or treadmills. Intervals can be introduced to increase intensity. Intensity is increasing speed, duration and rests between intervals.

A healthy diet minus sugar and white flour is a good way to start losing weight. Adding a few exercises and building stamina will develop a body into better surf shape. Nothing helps surfing like surfing frequently, but not everyone can do that. Have fun.

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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

Everybody Can Surf

To read a great book for getting in shape to surf or getting in better surfing shape, read my new book Everybody 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 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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Many people beginning to surf find they are not up to the task physically and ask How Surfers Get Fit. It is not a task accomplished quickly, but it impressive improvements for beginners can be accomplished in 3 weeks.

Beginning surfers usually encounter three areas that need improvement. Most surfers are surprised by the physical demands of surfing. The first area is flexibility. The second area is weight control. The third is stamina in both strength and aerobics. All three areas can be approached at the same time.

Losing weight improves what surfers call the power to weight ratio. How much strength is needed to pop the body off the surfboard. Losing weight and gaining strength improves this ratio and makes pop ups easier. It is necessary to have excellent pop ups to advance to riding real waves.

Flexibility is necessary to do a pop up. The body needs to be flexible in the hamstrings, buttocks, and lower back. The cure is simple. Squats, dead lifts, and burpies will greatly accelerate a surfer’s flexibility and be noticed. Surfers should also practice pop ups everyday in their living room to build the surf specific strength and flexibility.

Stamina is built through resistance exercises and aerobics. Pushups are the primary tool for building upper body popup strength. Beginners should do pushups every morning. Start with a few and then try to build to three sets. Once you are doing three sets, you might need a day’s rest in between. Aerobic fitness can be built with running, biking, swimming, or treadmill to name a few. The key is then to build in intervals to improve cardiovascular fitness.

This simple routine will result in a quick improvement. More details on weight loss, flexibility, strength building and aerobic fitness were the purpose of my book The Three Week Plan. It was designed for beginner surfers to get in the best shape possible quickly. I have created the Trilogy which is three books in one. It is The 3 Week Plan, Get Fit to Surf, and Learn to Surf Guide.

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Get my new book Get Fit to Surf

Its time to get back in shape. This book discusses strength, flexibility, stamina, and nutritional needs for getting in shape and losing weight. It is the great guide to get back to fitness for all your recreational desires. If you can surf, you can do most anything.

Buy on Kindle for $2.99 or Paperback on Amazon for $6.95

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

Everybody Can Surf

To read a great book for getting in shape to surf or getting in better surfing shape, read my new book Everybody 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 $2.99

Buy the Paperback on Amazon for $6.95

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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Getting fit for surfing requires Cross Training for Surfing Fitness. Surfing is physically demanding and beginners find whatever physical activities they enjoy are probably not enough for the specific demands of surfing.

Surfing is one of the most physically demanding full body sports. It requires strength, flexibility, aerobic fitness, and proper body weight. Surfers talk about power to weight ratio means the strength to get the body off the board into a pop up. The Body Mass Calculator (BMI) calculator will tell you if you are normal or overweight.

The main exercise for surfing is paddling. Paddling slowly uses all the body’s energy. A surfer first notices he is tired when his pop up goes awry .That is a good time to take an inventory of his body to see if he is tired. When my inventory says I am tired, I get out. You always want to have a surplus of energy to save you in an emergency if you are out surfing real waves. In close, surfing foam, it is not as important.

Paddling is a combination of different types of endurance. Aerobic endurance provides the energy to engage and recover quickly after each wave. Upper torso strength and specifically arms, shoulders, back and chest provide paddling power. Like any sport, the surfer wants to build these muscle groups to increase receptors and absorb more glucose (from carbohydrates). Glucose provides the fuel for the muscles. After the glucose is burned, the body will seek fat for fuel.

Exercises for Surfing Fitness

Some exercises for building paddling power are push ups, cable pulls, bench presses, and military presses. These build the major muscle groups for paddling. Of course, nothing builds paddling power like paddling, but not everyone can get in the water several times a week.

Building core and leg strength as well as greater flexibility are all important. A few exercises that provide benefits are burpies, squats and deadlifts. First thing in the morning, I do push ups and squats and dead lifts without weights. This supports flexibility in the hamstrings, buttocks, and lower back. All three support the pop up.

Flexibility, core strength, and upper body strength are also necessary for the beginner and advanced pop up. In the beginner pop up, the surfer places his back foot on the board first under his butt and puts it flat on the board so he can stand on it. In the advanced pop up, the surfer pops both feet onto the board at the same time. It is advanced because it is more difficult but pros do both types of pop ups.

A daily routine that includes practicing the pop up in your living room will create the surf specific muscles and flexibility to make you a better surfer.

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Kindle price $2.99 on Amazon. Paperback price $6.95 on Amazon. Audio download price $7.95

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To read a great book for getting in shape to surf or getting in better surfing shape, read my new book Everybody Can Surf, a Health, Fitness, Nutrition, and Surfing Adventure

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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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The beginner exerciser encounters the difficulty of conditioning their body because their system is not used to physical stress. The muscles have to be conditioned to absorb glucose. The circulatory system must develop more capillaries and sufficient blood circulation to supply nutrients and oxygen. The mind says this is difficult and wants the exerciser to stop. The mind tries to get the exerciser to abandon their plan for exercise.

The fit person has a different perspective. Their muscles have stored glucose and they have the stamina to exercise for a long period of time. Their circulatory system has become accustomed to duress of longer sessions. Their system may enter flow when they exercise in which they feel bliss. They can’t wait to exercise because it is their happy place. Their goal is to achieve more and their mind supports it.

Making the Transition to Bliss

Flow is the state of engaging in an activity that is challenging but not beyond your capability. The exerciser has practiced these skills to the state they can execute without thinking about the mechanics. In this state, the mind has stopped thinking and has turned control over to the subconscious. An extreme athlete has to be in flow because the situation is happening too fast to think. Think of downhill skiers or freestyle rock climbers.

Getting into the state of bliss is why extreme athletes and fitness enthusiasts are here. It is their mind, body, and spirit operating as one to enjoy a challenge for which they have trained. It is testing who they are. People training hard are looking for their Mt Everest. They want to know how far they can go. Few things in life give them the same high.

It starts with becoming engaged. It may start with a ten-minute walking session. It then builds to a half hour and then an hour. Now walking is becoming easier and within the exerciser’s capabilities. What do they want to do with it; enjoy walking, start running, start hiking? The more capacity a person develops after engaging consistently the more potential they realize. Their mind and body start saying we could do more.

The brain lives for challenge. It grows faster with physical challenge than most other challenges. The brain never grows faster than when we are infants and learning to walk and talk. It is hard to get back to that rate of growth but physical challenges of learning techniques and building capability come close.

The brain is happy when challenged. People live for it. They can’t live without challenge. Many of these people are called entrepreneurs. They are different than people who feel safe with a steady income from employment. Entrepreneurs are willing to risk everything to find out who they are and make an impact they can attach to themselves. Artists and athletes can seek the same impact. Does what I do make a difference?

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Buy on Kindle for $2.99 or Paperback on Amazon for $6.95

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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

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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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Starting is a big move. What exercisers find is that the beginning is always the toughest. It is the time when too many people quit after one try. The second danger is relapse. Personal trainers know that after a year of discipline, many people decide they are tired of their routine and go back to their former habits of being sedentary.

How to Start a Fitness Program

There are two basic exercise groups to begin and maintain fitness. We need to move. We need to build muscle. Movement activates lots of important systems and processes for which our body was designed. When we exercise, the body rids itself of inflammation and restores muscles with revitalizing fluids. Movement supports the cardiovascular system, and therefore the heart and brain.

Building muscle counteracts the process of aerobics feeding on muscle for fuel and increases the glucose absorption of muscles. Muscles soak up the glucose produced from the carbohydrates we consume and over time allow greater endurance as well as keeping glucose from by passing the muscle to fat. Most people would engage in moderate muscle exercise programs (weights) to build glucose absorption and improve muscle performance

The first step is to get moving. If necessary, start with ten minutes of walking a day. Gradually try to build it to 30 minutes five days a week and then to an hour. Biking, swimming and treadmills can be the same. Start easy and gradually build. In the process, the body will start building the capillary system to improve circulation. The muscles will start absorbing more glucose to build stamina. The body will learn how to utilize fat as fuel.

Advancing the Fitness Program

The second step is to start doing some type of floor or weight exercises. A personal trainer would have new clients start with floor exercises to build form and balance. YouTube has lots of videos. Great exercises are squats, deadlifts, and pushups. These three exercises test the biggest muscle groups. If you are going to build muscle and lose weight, you want to work with the biggest muscle groups first. Do one or all of these everyday. At low weight and lots of reps, the muscles don’t need much recovery time.

The next step for aerobics is to start running. There are three phases of running after a successful walking program. The first phase is moving so conversation is possible. The intensity of movement is measured by how difficult it is to talk while exercising. As one adds speed and endurance, conversation becomes more difficult.

The advanced aerobic programs add intervals. Intervals increase the speed for short bursts. Intensity is added by going faster and longer and reducing the rest between intervals. Olympic athletes train with this basic concept. The beginner is exercising where they can still converse. The competitive athlete is exerting 95% of capacity to the point they are anaerobic (without oxygen).

The advancing weight lifter is increasing weight and reducing repetitions. The beginner starts with lifting 40% to 60% of one lift capacity for 25 reps and 3 sets. The intermediate is lifting 60% to 80% of capacity in 12-16 reps and three sets. The advanced lifter is lifting 80% to 95% of one lift capacity in 5-8 reps and three sets.

Start slow and have long term ambitions. Maybe set a feat that would test your progress like a 10K run, biking 50 miles, or climbing a neighborhood mountain. Set exercise goals and set accomplishment goals such as completing a longer walk, run, swim, or bike ride. Balance nutrition to the exercise and don’t over eat as a rationalization of your good work.

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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 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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