Fit Tips
Indo Board Balance Training for Surfing
We love training with the Indo Board balance trainer. We use it almost daily. In training, it makes a great warm up, and it offers many unique balance challenges when included as part of a full-on workout. In this Surf Stronger Fit Tip we work on training your balance reactions with the Indo Board ball toss.
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Tips for Post Surf Recovery
With consistent surf and swells, it's that time of year when you find yourself surfing three, four, even five hours straight. You need to know the best ways to recover, to surf strong all season long.
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How To Properly Warm Up for a Surf Session
Warming up for surfing is just as important as putting on your leash or waxing your board. Yet, most surfers don't know how to properly warm up.
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Using the TRX for Better Surf Fitness
One of the most versatile and efficient pieces of equipment for surf conditioning is the TRX suspension trainer. In this video example, Coach Scott takes pro surfer, Holly Beck, through the TRX Roll Out. This is a super exercise for building paddling strength and core stability.
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Exercises for Healthy Shoulders
This latest Surf Stronger fit tip is also featured in the April 2009 TransWorld Surf Magazine.
To keep your shoulders healthy you want to create good muscle balance, solid joint stability and maintain good flexibility. Here at Surf Stronger we recommend the following three exercises to keep your paddling muscles in tip top shape.
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Post-Surf Stretching
As surfers we can all agree on the importance of being flexible. Surfing is such a dynamic sport that we need to stay limber to keep at the top of our game. And although some of us may not be as "bendy" as we were 10 years ago, there is no reason to succumb to the stiffness that inevitably develops if we don't maintain regular flexibility training.
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Surf Stronger + TRX
A little over a year ago we were introduced to the TRX Suspension Trainer--a bodyweight-based training tool that helps build strength, balance, flexibility and core stability. After spending some time incorporating it into our own workout routines, we quickly realized what a great training tool it is--especially for surfers.
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Ball Push Ups for Better Surf Endurance
Whatever happened to that classic, gold-standard exercise, the push up? You don't see people busting them out like they used to. Yet the push up remains one of the best strength building exercises you can do.
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The Surf Stronger Acai Smoothie
Here at Surf Stronger we are big fans of the Brazilian super berry: Acai! And one of the best ways to enjoy this super berry is in a smoothie.
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180 Jump Squats For Better Surf Performance
In Surf Stronger Volume 1 we have several exercises for the lower body, and the jump squat is one of the best.
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Surf Fitness - The Fundamentals
Every surfer knows that surfing is a physically demanding sport. And like most surfers you want to add some training to boost your surfing fitness.
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Warming Up For Surfing
You pull up to your local break and it's firing. Winds are light, and the crowds aren't on it. So you add a little wax to your board, race across the beach, and drop your board on the sand. You reach to touch your toes (man, those hamstrings are tight), do a few arm circles, and hit the water. Sound familiar?
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Rainy Day Workout
Another rainy and onshore morning and I'd love to surf. But since I don't have the option of driving around all afternoon hunting for that elusive wind protected cove, I'm going swimming instead.
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Be the Best Surfer You Can Be in 2008
Putting this article together was a tough one. We wanted to write an original, helpful article, but wanted to limit our list to five things surfers can do to get the most out of their surfing life.
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Happy New Year! 5 Resolutions For a Better Surf Year
So you want to be a better surfer in 2007? You might have already made some goals for yourself:
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