Upper Body Archives

Strength / Power, Surf Shoulder, Upper Body

Optimal Pull-ups: Improve Strength and Flexibility

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. […]

Mobility Exercises, Surf Shoulder, Surf Stretch, Upper Body

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 lack […]

Upper Body

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 have […]

Lower Body, Mobility Exercises, Upper Body

Top 5 Ways to Improve Your Surfing

5 Ways to SHREEDDDDDDD!!!!! The best way to improve your surfing, is surfing. Clearly. For those of us that aren’t fortunate enough to get in the water and surf perfect 3-5foot everyday, we need to do some land based training. I’m going to give you the top 5 ways to improve your surfing. There are simple […]

Surf Core, Surfing Exercises, The Perfect Pop Up, Upper Body

How To Improve Your Pop Up.. Surf Training

Surf Training – Pop Ups – Core & Upper Body Do you think your Pop-Ups could be faster? They probably could be, especially if you’re surfing some faster “reefy” type waves, or even if you’re just starting out and getting the hang of popping up to your feet. I get asked quite often about Pop-up […]

Surf Core, Surfing Exercises, Upper Body

Integrative Core Training.. Pushes and Pulls

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 Core, Surf Shoulder, Surfing Exercises, The Perfect Pop Up, Upper Body

Surf Fitness Pop Up Training

Learn How To Do A Pushup… Then PopUp Surf-Fitness is all about building a stronger body so you can do what makes you happy in life, and do it better… surfing. Your surf fitness training had better have some type of pressing training, and for more carryover to our sport, throw in some pushups to […]

Lower Body, Surf Balance, Surf Core, Surfing Exercises, Upper Body

Strong Legs Strong Core SuperSet

Stronger Legs-Stronger Core-Stronger Surfing Legs Core Surfing: I’m all about supersets… essentially combining exercises that focus on different muscle groups. This is just really time effective and allows for a greater energy expenditure, so you’re not only getting a good workout and getting ripppppeeeddddd, but also building some endurance. Saving time, getting in quality movement […]

Lower Body, Surf Core, Surfing Exercises, Upper Body

Top Surf Exercises – Full Body Moves

Full Body Surf Exercises – Muscle Isolation is NOT the answer Boys and Girls… you’re surfers, you move dynamically, you need flexibility, you need to be strong, you need to be highly coordinated, but like I said at first, you gotta move dynamically!!!! Get strong in movements! Develop a body that is strong and fluid […]

Lower Body, Mobility Exercises, Surf Shoulder, Surf Stretch, Surfing Exercises, Thoracic Spine Mobility, Upper Body

Surfing Stretches – Full Body Flexibility

GET LOOSE AND MOVE! Surfing stretches: If you can’t move well, you sure can’t surf well. As a surfer, dynamic flexibility and ease of movement is truly important to not only surf with some style, but to stay injury free as well….. or you can just keep poo-stancing and looking rad! Seriously, as surfers, we’ve got to […]