What Surfers Do to Improve Abilities before and after a surf lesson. Most new students find that surfing is more technical and more tiring than they expected. Very few people have daily routines that prepare them for the vigor of surfing.
Surfing is one of the most physically demanding sports because it is full body and one doesn’t move at their own pace but at the pace required by the ocean and the technicalities. One can walk, bike, and swim at their own pace with easy movements, but surfing demands full body strength, flexibility, stamina, and lets mention courage.
The Basic Abilities Necessary to Surf
Surfing requires upper body strength, leg strength, core strength, flexibility, and stamina. How does the non surfer prepare and then engage after a lesson to build these requirements? Professional surfers spend more time conditioning out of the water than in the water. Nothing builds surfing abilities like surfing, but most people need additional work to train the body.
Surfing requires paddling to catch a wave. Then the surfer pushes their body off the surf board in a full extension like a man’s push up. Amazing how many people can’t do this. Then while in the push up position, the surfer has to move one foot under their butt like a coil and put it flat on the board. Few people have this flexibility. Most put their foot down on the ball because that is all the flexibility they have.
Next the surfer stands up and moves their front foot to the nose. If the foot was placed flat on the surfboard, this final step is easy. If the foot was not placed flat, the final step to standing up is tricky. So, it would seem flexibility is key. Overweight people have lost flexibility because they have not been exercising. Their weight also requires more strength. So more weight and less strength is often what they have.
To get in surf shape, people may need to lose weight while building strength a flexibility. This would be a perfect goal. At the same time with good routines, beginners can build upper body, lower body, core, and flexibility then add an aerobics routine. Sounds like going professional, but this would meet the basics for surfing.
All this can be accomplished with a good program practiced daily. Be patient. Progress is slow. Consistency makes progress steady and it is readily recognized in improved surfing abilities. To get the whole program together, you might invest in my quick reads Everybody Can Surf or Get Fit to Surf listed below. Everybody Can Surf includes how to surf while Get Fit to Surf is only about conditioning and losing weight. (See below)
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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