Surf Fitness at About.com
It takes more than a few sessions a week to reach your full surfing potential, especially as you get older. Therefore, surfers must sometimes go beyond the beach to ensure they stay flexible and strong to not only boost performance, but also to avoid injury. Here, there are articles and links to help you surf healthier...longer.
Stay Fit and Stoked When the Surf is Flat
Surfers need ways to stay both fit and stoked when the surf is flat. It's easier and way more fun than you think.
Surfers need ways to stay both fit and stoked when the surf is flat. It's easier and way more fun than you think.
Vasatrainer
Helping to build and maintain paddle strength, the Vasatrainer has accrued positive reviews and results over the years. For surfers, its implications include rehabilitation from injury, training for a trip, or simply staying strong in between swells.
Helping to build and maintain paddle strength, the Vasatrainer has accrued positive reviews and results over the years. For surfers, its implications include rehabilitation from injury, training for a trip, or simply staying strong in between swells.
Cross Training
Yoga expert Peggy Hall says,"As surfers, we thrive on the energy of the ocean. When we can’t get in the water, we grow restless and start to wonder what kind of shape we’ll be in the next time we surf. Luckily, we can keep from going crazy by “cross training” -- engaging in other activities that complement our surfing."
Yoga expert Peggy Hall says,"As surfers, we thrive on the energy of the ocean. When we can’t get in the water, we grow restless and start to wonder what kind of shape we’ll be in the next time we surf. Luckily, we can keep from going crazy by “cross training” -- engaging in other activities that complement our surfing."
Fitness/bodybuilding at About.com
Estella Juarez walks us through the basics and the more advanced maneuvers of fitness to get us into tip-top condition and ripping hard.
Estella Juarez walks us through the basics and the more advanced maneuvers of fitness to get us into tip-top condition and ripping hard.
New Research: How Often Should I Workout?
Strength building is important in any sport. This article shows that we can get significant strength with less time in the weightroom.
Strength building is important in any sport. This article shows that we can get significant strength with less time in the weightroom.