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The Secrets of the Perfect Pop Up
Fix Your Pop Up A skilled, fluid, and effortless movement, or a fumble and flail towards kookdom. If your surf pop up is in the fumble and flail category, then this post is a mandatory read on your path to better surfing. The Pop Up: It is a movement that is either unconsidered by those […]
Dynamic Surfer Stretches – Full Warmup
A Full Sequence of Mobility Dills & Dynamic Surfer Stretches. It’ll Help You Move Fluidly. Movement: Dynamic flexibility, the capacity to be mobile through joints, and to move with ease, control, and strength. It’s pretty relevant to this whole surfing thing we take part in. It’s not going to suddenly make you rip, but it’s a big […]
Top Exercises to Improve Surfing Athleticism and Performance
“Top” lists are always a small act of futility. There is so much variability in the human body, and a countless variety of surfing exercises, it is grossly difficult to pull out some singular exercises and call them the best. The key with smart training is tailoring exercises to the individual, their goals, and their […]
Laws of Training, Longevity, & Health
Training, Longevity, & Health Dredd… I hope you get the reference. The Laws of your body, and more importantly the process of adaptation. That’s all life is really, a process of adaptation. Ability, willingness, and assimilation of new “stuff” in life, and adapting to it. That’s health, it’s your fitness, it’s your relationships, so adhere to […]
Breath Training for Surfers
Training for Surfers to Breathe Better… It’s Important… Breathe Training. Your life depends on it. Literally. This rings especially true for surfers. If you’ve ever been in a hold-down situation, you know the fear, the anxiety, and that instinctual need for breath that kicks in. The freaking out, the chaotic kicking and paddling for the surface, […]
HEALTHY PROTEIN SHAKE
THE SURF SHAKE – GUIDE TO HEALTHY PROTEIN SHAKES If you’re a surfer who understands that you can help your performance by ingesting better quality foods, and really want to make an impact on your health and energy in the water, then keep reading and see how you can easily make your own healthy […]
Pillars of Surf Fitness & I’m on a Podcast!
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 […]
Optimal Pull-ups: Improve Strength & Flexibility
Paddling Strength – Upper Body Strength – Better Pull-ups 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. Is that gnarly movement […]
Better Surfing – Develop a Movement Practice
Surf Better: Movement Practice & Surfing 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 to give you a template […]
Foundation Training – You Need to Use This
I want you to be aware of Foundation Training. There’s a disconnect in the modern world with how our bodies are designed to move, and how we habitually move them. Sedentary, weak, and collapsed postures are the norm and coincide with back pain, hip pain, shoulder pain, immobility and fear of movement. That does not […]
Stretches for Surfers – Upper Body
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 […]
What You NEED to Know About Nutrition
The Foundations of Nutrition for Surfing Athletes What You Need to Know to Make a Beneficial Impact on Your Nutrition. The field of nutrition is a mess. I basically view nutrition on a similar scale as that of politics, and religion. It is convoluted, filled with mis-information, and particular views vary highly from person to person […]
Surfer Nutrition – Little Changes Big Impacts
Quickly & Easily Improve Your Health & Nutrition Here’s some easy, but relevant aspects to your nutrition, that Mr. or Mrs. Average should apply. This stuff is fundamental. There’s a lot of extremism, and fad-dominance in the food-world of social media. This stuff right here is easily applicable, and highly relevant. Make a few basic […]
Pro vs. Joe Surf Fitness Program
You are Not a Pro. 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, […]
Surfer Hip Stretches
Get Your Hips Moving – Here’s 3 Key Hip Stretches The hip joint is structurally designed to move. Modern living, lack of movement, seated postures, these things over time severely restrict your hip joint motion. Desk Jockeys, Older Guys, People that are always really stiff…. Work on this stuff. Your hip needs to be able […]
Packing List: Surf Trips & Music Festivals
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 7days at bonnaroo, a big music festival in Tennessee. It’s also in […]
Upper Body Surfing Workout
Injuries, Lack of Endurance, and Lack of Flexibility. That’s probably what I hear about the most from people, or what I see as the general bigger issues. With this video and post, we’ll tackle the lack of endurance. Be sure to watch the Upper Body Surfing Workout video below. A key is making sure you […]
Foundations For Athletes, Humans, Surfers
MASTER THE BASICS – SQUAT, PUSH, MAINTENANCE A couple of years ago I made some videos about stretching “for surfers” and threw them up on youtube. I wrote a few blog posts, filmed a few more videos, threw them on the internet, kept on doing it, and here I am a few years later getting […]
SCIENCE VS. THE WOO
The woo. I figured it was about time I share my two cents on the woo. I’ll get to the woo in a second, but first you’ve got to consider the internet. The internet, it’s an intensely strange thing. It’s had an absolutely transformative impact on how humans communicate, how information is shared, framing societal […]
Top Ways to Move Better- Stretches for Surfers
FLEXIBILITY & STRETCHES FOR SURFERS HERE’S HOW TO MOVE BETTER, IMPROVE YOUR STRETCHING, AND IMPROVE FLEXIBILITY Give this a read, and I’ll give you the quick details of how to stretch more effectively. For the non-stretching folks, this is how you can get started effectively. Why?… You gotta’ get loose man. Most of the […]
Improving Flexibility for Surfers & Getting Rid of Pain
How to Improve Flexibility for Surfers, Getting out of Pain, and Improving How you Move…. Green Balls. Time is short. Time to train, or move, or help yourself get of pain, or improve flexibility is valuable. It can be difficult for people to simplify what it is they should be working on. Tennis ball love, […]
My Interview with SurferLife
Surfer Life Interview – The Top Points I recently go the chance to do an interview with Surfer Life.com. I think it went ok, but I tend to ramble, and go off topic, and then ramble a bit more. As soon as I finished the interview I thought there were a few things I […]
How To Improve Your Paddling and Posture
Florida got some damn good surf in mid-february. It was the first time I’ve surfed in about 2months (since getting back from Indo). It was a solid 4-5foot swell hitting central Florida, super-fun, but did require a fair bit of effort, and had some heavy sweep. I was pretty damned surprised at how quickly I […]
Boost Your Surfing Seminar – Carlsbad
IF YOU’RE IN CARLSBAD.. I HOPE TO SEE YOU AT THIS SEMINAR! Do you want to learn how to take care of your body? Do you want to learn methods to improve the way you move? Do you want techniques to keep yourself out of pain and help make yourself more durable? Would you want […]