Are Adults Fit to Surf
Many clients start off asking Are Adults Fit to Surf. A mom seeking a surf lesson for her child when asked why she doesn’t join her said, I have had three kids. I said I have moms from Utah with 5+ kids that surf great along with their kids.
Age is more functional than chronological. Moms spend a lot of time moving and picking things up as well as twisting and lifting. Dads can be more sedentary if they have office or now screen jobs. Staying active is the key to more activities.
How Adults Get Fit to Surf
One of the post pandemic problems with people putting on weight is they have stopped exercising. Being locked down stopped many from visiting the gym for weights and cardio and even yoga.
Time to get back to movement. Surfing is a full body sport. We need strength, flexibility, and stamina. Nutrition should be included to bring down weight and feed muscles. See my newest book, Get Fit to Surf on Amazon.
I often ask students if they can touch their palms to the ground without bending their knees. We get tight hamstrings, buttocks, and lower backs from sitting. Surfing needs flexibility to do the pop up off the surfboard. It is a coiling movement that requires the stretched muscles.
Surfing also has a weight to power ratio. Do you have the strength to lift your weight off the surfboard. Gaining weight wouldn’t be the problem if exercising was continued. Gaining weight and not muscle creates the gap.
Building surf specific muscles and flexibility while losing weight can be a perfect combination. If you have the capability to surf, you can engage in most any recreation. Every exercise in which you engage will help your surfing capability. Best students have been in gymnastics, yoga, and some cardio activities.
Weight lifting is great and it should be complemented by a cardio activity. Cardio can be walking a half hour a day, biking, swimming, or treadmills. The aerobics is more effective if they include interval training. Intervals raise the heartbeat for a minute or two. These are the most effective way to build cardiovascular and burn calories.
Try doing a pop up on your living room floor. Lay down, pretend you are paddling, then push up and put your back foot flat under your butt and stand on it. Yes, you are standing on one leg for a second. Then move your other foot in front of your body and assume a stable stance. Doing pop ups in your living room is a great way to prepare for your first surfing lesson.
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Its time to get back in shape. This book discusses strength, flexibility, stamina, and nutritional needs for getting in shape and losing weight. It is the great guide to get back to fitness for all your recreational desires. If you can surf, you can do most anything.
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Get the Learn to Surf Guide Course in Kindle, Paperback or Audio
A great 29 page course on the fundamentals of catching waves, doing beginner and advanced pop ups, riding real waves, how to do maneuvers on real waves, which surfboards to ride, and how to progress. Great for lesson preparation, after lesson review, or learning on your own.
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Everybody Can Surf
To read a great book for getting in shape to surf or getting in better surfing shape, read my new book Everybody Can Surf, a Health, Fitness, Nutrition, and Surfing Adventure
Description:
Get healthy and fit to surf or set a goal of surfing to improve weight, fitness, nutrition, and health. This guide by a surf instructor/health coach/personal trainer gives the short version of how to lose weight, get strong, build stamina, develop nutrition, and learn to surf. Surfing is a lifestyle enjoyed by millions and so is fitness. Fitness creates opportunities to enjoy life through lots of different kinds of recreation. No need to stand on the sidelines while others are having a great time. Start your program to health with easy steps and progress at your own pace. That is the secret to maintaining a lifestyle. Do it at your pace. This book will start you on the path.
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Seniors Get Fit to Surf
Description:
Seniors often ask if it is too late to learn to surf. Age is functional not chronological. If people have been exercising and maintaining body strength, surfing can be accomplished. If people have not been exercising, then getting in shape to surf could be a life changing move. Learn how to develop strength, flexibility, and stamina to learn surfing. If you are in surf shape, you could pursue most any recreation.
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