The pandemic has caused most people to gain weight and that is one reason Why Overweight People Are Surfing. Maybe two years ago they were not overweight. Maybe there are fewer options for activities now. Maybe many want to change their ways.
The surf scene is populated by lean athletic people of all ages. This may be one of the reasons the culture is popular. Lean people look good and look good in clothes. Surfers look like they are having a lot of fun. If you love the ocean, surfing is one of the great ways to enjoy Mother Nature.
The Basics of Getting Fit to Surf
Surfing makes a body fit because it is exercising the whole body and utilizes intervals for paddling. Muscles are being stressed for beginners and that forces them to build receptors for carbohydrates so they can get more fuel. Muscles sucking up carbohydrates prevents them from going to fat.
The health field says that if you put on five pounds of muscle you consume an extra 95,000 calories a year. To build muscle, muscle has to be stressed. Surfing stresses muscle more than walking or normal aerobics where the heart rate is not increased. Good ways to build muscle include activities that raise the heartbeat like intervals, weight lifting, and surfing.
Beginners have to start slow. One reason people have put on weight is that they have stopped exercising. It might be good advice to check with a doctor to be sure you are fit to start a program. Surfers need strength, flexibility, and stamina. All three should be included in a program to get surf fit.
Aerobics can begin with walking, biking, swimming, or treadmill. Building to a half hour a day and then an hour will build cardiovascular fitness for exercise and recovery. Receptors will increase in muscles to absorb the carbs you are consuming. Gradually increasing the intensity through more speed, longer duration, and intervals will get a body fit.
Aerobics alone may lead the body to eating muscle for fuel. This is a reason weight lifting should be included in a program. The beginner just wants to floor exercises to build balance and form. Then light weights may be incorporated. The beginner does 25 reps and three sets to build stamina in muscles and get them burning fat.
The intermediate weight lifter adds weight and just does 12 to 16 reps. This starts building greater strength. The advanced weight lifter is lifting at 85% plus capacity and only engages in 5 to 8 reps. This stage is for building maximum strength and size. See more detail in my book Get Fit to Surf.
Getting flexible can be gained in the weight lifting process. Squats and deadlifts build big muscle groups and flexibility into the hamstrings, buttocks, and lower back. Losing weight and getting stronger at the same time is the optimum strategy for getting surfing fit. A good nutrition program begins with eliminating the bad foods and substituting the healthy foods.
A good exercise program takes a person quickly from overweight to normal weight and enjoying any recreation they desire.
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