You're not a Surfer....
You're a Paddler

80-90% of your time in the water is just spent paddling.

If you can’t paddle, you can’t surf! Paddling is basically running with your arms, and most people haven't done too many arm marathons as prep-work for their surfing!

Combine the total lack of endurance in the upper body with years spent at a desk with worsening posture, it’s a perfect recipe for frustrating surfs, failed paddle-outs, and painful shoulders.

Surfing...ha!... more like Arm Running!

WHAT’S IN THE PROGRAM?

A comprehensive approach to shoulder health and paddling endurance training. If your shoulders aren’t healthy… you can’t paddle. If you don’t have endurance… you’re missing waves and cutting sessions way too short.

GETTING STARTED

INTRODUCTION
7:24
What Type Of Bands
6:55
Training With Pain
1:23
Neck Position for Training
1:52
Shoulder Position & Pulling Mechanics
5:24
Open Vs. Closed Chain & Effort of Paddling
4:04

THEORY

Spine Length First
3:13
Pinky First Paddle Stroke
3:32
Over-Reaching & Arching
4:57
Paddling Efficiency Under Fatigue (In The Water)
1:54
Full Paddling Technique Breakdown
23:44

TISSUE RELEASE

What You Need to Know
Rules
7:15
Equipment Used
2:43
Joint Replacements, Pain, & Surgeries
2:56
Pin & Stretching and Depth
8:15
Isometric Ramping Protocol
7:23
Pain
Above & Below
4:13
MOVEMENTS
2:30

CARs

Why CARs for Paddling Endurance
4:24
What Why How
5:57
Most Important Rule
5:33
MOVEMENTS & FOLLOW ALONG
23:40

BONUS

PADDLING SPINE & SHOULDERS STRETCHING ROUTINE
FOLLOW ALONG 1
29:17
PADDLING SPINE & SHOULDERS STRETCHING ROUTINE
FOLLOW ALONG 2
36:56
PADDLING SPINE & SHOULDERS STRETCHING ROUTINE
FOLLOW ALONG 3
39:02
NECK STRATEGIES
20:48
No Frills Quick Fundamentals PreSurf Warmup
In the Sand PreSurf Warmup
That Looks Like a Huge Paddle Out PreSurf Warmup
Get Out There Already PreSurf Warmup

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INTRODUCTION
7:24

LEVEL 1

Mobility and Shoulder Health
Paddling Focus Training
Mobility and Shoulder Health
Paddling Focus Training

LEVEL 2

Mobility and Shoulder Health
Paddling Focus Training
Mobility and Shoulder Health
Paddling Focus Training

LEVEL 3

Mobility and Shoulder Health
Paddling Focus Training
Mobility and Shoulder Health
Paddling Focus Training

LEVEL 4

Mobility and Shoulder Health
Paddling Focus Training
Mobility and Shoulder Health
Paddling Focus Training

LEVEL 1

Mobility and Shoulder Health
Paddling Focus Training
Mobility and Shoulder Health
Paddling Focus Training

LEVEL 2

Mobility and Shoulder Health
Paddling Focus Training
Mobility and Shoulder Health
Paddling Focus Training

LEVEL 3

Mobility and Shoulder Health
Paddling Focus Training
Mobility and Shoulder Health
Paddling Focus Training

LEVEL 4

Mobility and Shoulder Health
Paddling Focus Training
Mobility and Shoulder Health
Paddling Focus Training

COMING SOON IN MID 2022

HERE'S WHAT
YOU GET

3 Phases of training to progress from Baseline Shoulder workouts developing shoulder health and improved paddle posture, to Endless Paddling workouts challenging your endurance, paddle power, and core strength.

Phase 1

Baseline Shoulders

Progress your paddling, build endurance, and improve your posture starting with Phase 1 workouts designed to restore, rebuild, and boost shoulder health and wake up paddling and posture muscles.

Phase 2

Weekend Warriors

Phase 2 ramps up the challenge, delivers endurance workouts, continues to build shoulder health, and is the solution for Weekend Warriors to maintain paddling capacity between surfs.

Phase 3

Endless Paddle Outs

Take your paddle fitness to the ultimate level. Phase 3 taps into power, speed endurance, and dynamic postural core exercises so you can tackle any paddle out and surf those marathon sessions.

Professionally developed exercise circuits so you can have the energy for those heavy days of paddling.

Not only is this type of training going to have you feeling stronger and more powerful than ever before, but you’re also going to be quickly on your way to being fully prepared to take on solid swell, paddle as much as you need, and be confident in the lineup.

Feel energized in the surf.

Restore, Rebuild, & Improve Your Flexibility.

Restore your Fluid Surfing

Help eliminate aches, pains, and stiffness

Support Longevity and your Stoke

Discover how to truly look after your surf-body.

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As soon as you get the programs you’ll realise how tremendous of a resource this truly is, and how you won’t need any other surf training programs. You can, and will, refer back to these programs for years to come. As long as you’re surfing you will be using these programs, I guarantee it.

This will change how you train and how you move your body. Ultimately it will help you with your surfing.

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Here’s the deal:

These programs are amazing and deliver results. Yet those results rely on YOU putting in the effort, dedication, and consistency.

We have absolute confidence in our programs, our app, and our products, as we stand behind the countless customer results, and our time tested methods.

Our Surf Athlete Academy subscription comes with a 7 Day Trial Refund Guarantee, and at any time you can cancel, or refund your money. We are more than happy and completely willing to stand behind our guarantee and our programs, we simply leave it in your hands to apply the effort. What can your fitness and surfing become!?

MEET THE GUY WHO’S TRYING TO
HELP YOUR SURFING…

Cris Mills

Performance Coach, Massage Therapist, CHEK Practitioner

My name is Cris Mills, I operate Surfstrengthcoach.com, and work with people that want to improve their health, movement, and performance, and it’s usually so they can surf better. On a daily basis I help people and surfers train from rehab to performance. I know what a surfer needs to do to keep themselves in the ocean, and have been spreading that information through my various work online.

Improving your surfing requires improving the foundations of movement and athleticism. Flexibility is a key part of that process. I wanted to give surfers an easy resource to improve their flexibility, help to eliminate pain, and simply move and feel better.

Surfing in pain sucks as well, and I’ve done it, and I’m sure most of you have as well. Surfers, athletes, people, we all need to work on body maintenance, and help keep ourselves out of pain. This program will help teach you how to do this.

I aim to change the way physical preparedness is dealt with for surfing, and combine everything I have learned, and continue to learn, to help improve surfers body so they can stay involved with the ocean.

Frequently Asked Questions

What Equipment do I need?

First off, you need your body. Grab that….
The rest of this program uses minimal equipment, but there are a few pieces that will allow you to get the most out of the program.
An inflatable exercise ball. Buy one. Cheap ones are 10$ or less. The best quality (AOK duraball or mediball) are around 100$. For some spine work, hip stretches, and a few other drills a ball is a nice thing to have.
A “superband”. If you have stiff hips I’d highly recommend you grab one of these higher density bands. If you google “superband resistance band” you’ll get many hits, with companies like Rogue, Spri, or Perform Better manufacturing these. You want a full circle band, no openings or handles. They’ll come in varying widths and resistance levels. You’ll want a 1.5inch or 4cm width, or even a bit bigger, up to 2.5inch or 6cm. Resistance levels will vary with companies, but as long as you get a band around those widths you’ll be good to go.
A foam roller. There is 1 movement that uses a meter long foam roller, but if you don’t have one, don’t sweat it, it’s not absolutely necessary. You can use a foam roller for tissue release, but I often use a peanut (see below).
Personally, I rarely use a foam roller and mostly use a “peanut”, which is two taped tennis balls. Simply tape them together, or put them in a sock and knot the end. Boom, you have a tennis ball peanut.
At times we’ll also use a single tennis ball, or for those that have done quite a lot of tissue work before, you may want to use a lacrosse ball, or ball that is more dense than tennis ball. A golf ball can do wonders for the bottom of the foot.

Can beginners do the program?

Absolutely, there are alternative and progressive movements for each level.

How is the program delivered to me?

This is a digital program intended to be downloaded to your mobile device so you always have it with you during your workouts. Once you join the Surf Athlete Training Program, you will receive access to the entire program. Download everything and it’s yours forever.

Why Is Equipment Required?

There are basic equipment requirements for this training program, but with these basic tools you'll be able to train effectively for years to come. To train efficiently in the movement patterns that carry over to surfing, applied resistance is required.

Refund Policy

Here’s The Deal.

This program is amazing, and I know you’ll think it’s amazing, but just to make sure you’re confident in your purchase, I’m offering a 15 Day Guarantee.

If you use the program, and really USE it, and aren’t happy with the absolutely incredible and impactful content, then get in touch and we’ll arrange a refund.

How to Download the Program?

Programs within the Surf Athlete can be downloaded so you can access them offline.

Program content is downloaded to within the app. Separate files are not downloaded to your phone or laptop. Files are saved within the app itself, so they can be accessed offline.

This function works for the web app on your desktop / laptop, and also the phone app.

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3 Phases of training to progress from Baseline Shoulder workouts developing shoulder health and improved paddle posture, to Endless Paddling workouts challenging your endurance, paddle power, and core strength.

Phase 1

Baseline Shoulders

Phase 2

Weekend Warriors

Phase 3

Endless Paddle Outs

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Gym Based paddle Routines

Bonus 2

spine & shoulder mobility stretch routines

Bonus 3

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