Through improved technique, a highly functioning body, and supportive movement and nutrition. This is the path, an education if you will, to improving your surfing with the understanding that your body needs to function optimally.
ByCris
Surfing Athlete Warmup Drills Surfers warmup: You gotta get your body moving. Most surfers spend most of their time behind desks, in front of computers, or in front of the TV… sedentary bodies don’t cooperate with surfing. So before you head out for a wave, spend 2minutes doing some actually beneficial warmup drills to loosen…
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Bring on the next year of life…. Resolutions. Stop Doing This. Start Doing That. It’s Going To Be Different. I’m Going To Make A Change. Resolutions. This stuff does my head in, but at the same time, it’s the business I’m in (health, fitness, personal improvement). Being in this field, I see so much excessive positivity and new-agey…
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The Stiff Shoulder – The Surf “Ruiner” Eliminate stiff shoulders: Shoulder Flexion. That’s the ability to take your shoulder overhead into a vertical position. Try it.  Does it grind, is it uncomfortable, is your arm totally vertical by the ear or sticking out forwards, did you have to arch your back, are you holding your breath?…
Dynamic Surfing Stretches.. Get Dirty Loose! Surfing stretches: This is gonna be a short post. The main takeaway is that you should warmup before you surf. It really is that simple. It Does My Head In when I see totally out of shape, terrible posture, I’m stuck at a desk looking dudes just do an…
Surf Shoulders… Keep em’ Strong. Clearly, if your shoulders aren’t moving well, cause you pain, or are out of optimal alignment, then your surfing is going to be a pain in the shoulder!! (hahaha… get it, “pain in the shoulder”, rather than “pain in the ass”… I’m so clever and witty). Surfing Shoulder Training… here’s my…
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TRX Surf Workout – Get Some Straps How Absurd Is This Picture Oooooooohhhhh!!! Workout straps. Suspension training is all the rage in some training facilities, with some people doing some damn silly stuff on them. But in all seriousness, get some workout straps, they’re great for those of you that travel, and it’s always nice to…
Surfer Core Training.. Pushes and Pulls Baby! I’ve been doing some work with surfing-waves.com and this is a new piece I just did for them. Integrative surfer core training that focuses on dynamic movements… pushes and pulls. Sweet sweet exercise goodness. So much of surfing is rotational movement, and involves integrated chains of muscles. So,…
Surf Fitness Training – What the Fu&* is it? The “field” of surf-fitness training has jumped enormously over the past few years. You’ll find quite a few dvd’s now, some pros have some fitness flicks out, there’s a few guys online (myself included), and a lot of gyms near the water are offering this type of…
Back Pain Sucks and Ruins Surfing I’ve had some gnarly stuff with my back over the years, and I see some gnarly back stuff with clients. Back pain and surfing don’t mix. There is so much dynamic spinal movement in surfing, that it’s quite easy to piss off that spine, and when that happens, you’ll…
The Good & Bad of Fruit Smoothies… Surfer Nutrition: I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again, right now…. nutrition, the field of nutrition, the books on nutrition… it’s a mess. Too many people caught up in the latest food fad, the latest best seller celebrity diet book, and people becoming overly dogmatic. People seem…
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