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Recently I’ve had the opportunity to be interviewed, and be on a podcast. My voice, and your ears… what a combination. There’s some good stuff in there and I hope you can gleam some insight. Please let me know what you think! The Pillars of Surf Fitness Interview with DriftingThru.com “We all want to perform better when we surf, from the groms…
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Paddling Strength – Upper Body Strength – Better Pull-ups Let’s talk about Better Pullups. The commonly bastardized pull-up. I call them Golum pull-ups. Shoulders hunched up in the ears, head jutting forward in a futile attempt to get the chin over the bar, rolled forward shoulders with tensed up pecs, spastically kicking your legs….
Surf Better: Movement Practice & Surfing How do I surf better? This is absolutely not a list of the 3 exercises that will boost your surfing, or the 1 thing you need to do to boost your health, or any of that pervasive fitness clickbait. I’m going to do the opposite of that. I’m going…
I want you to be aware of Foundation Training. In today’s modern world, we are facing a significant problem: a disconnect between how our bodies are designed to move and how we habitually move them. We have become accustomed to sedentary lifestyles, where we spend most of our time sitting at desks or in front…
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Stretches for Surfers – Upper Body Joint Health & Movement Drills Movement. That’s the key. Modern living doesn’t require it. Convenience of technology has taken out the need to use your body. No longer do people have to move 3-dimensionally in their day to day living. Then you combine that complete lack of movement, the lack…
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 The Foundations of Nutrition for Surfing Athletes What You Need to Know to Make a Beneficial Impact on Your Nutrition Basics. The field of nutrition is a mess. I basically view nutrition basics on a similar scale as that of politics, and religion. It is convoluted, filled with mis-information, and particular views vary highly from…
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Quickly & Easily Improve Your Health & Nutrition Surfer Nutrition: Here’s some easy, but relevant aspects to your nutrition, that Mr. or Mrs. Average should apply. This stuff is fundamental. Surfer? Great! This is also Surfer nutrition. There’s a lot of extremism, and fad-dominance in the food-world of social media. This stuff right here is easily…
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You are Not a Pro. Surf fitness program:, Most of us aren’t top level athletes. (some tend to think we are though… still living the dreams!) Don’t train like a pro, but train similarly. Smart regression. Here’s how. Two variations of surf fitness programs. Athletic Capacity. That’s the goal. To increase your bodies capacity for speed, power, strength,…
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Get Your Hips Moving Here’s 3 Key Hip Stretches The hip joint is one of the most important joints in the body and is designed to move in a wide range of motion. However, our modern lifestyle which involves a lot of sitting, lack of movement, and poor posture can severely restrict the mobility of…
Packing List: Surf Trips and Music Festivals Accept the filth. That’s got to be the motto. And the heat, you have to accept the heat. Music festivals and feral surf trips. There’s a lot of similarity between the two. I just recently spent 7 days at bonnaroo, a big music festival in Tennessee. It’s also in the middle of…
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