Surfing athleticism includes dynamic exercises, stretches, and movements to enhance strength, mobility, eliminate restrictions, and promote fluid motion.
GET YOUR ROLL ON! Guide To Foam Rolling IMPROVE TISSUE QUALITY, RESTORE RANGE OF MOTION, WORK ON INJURY PREVENTION… HELP YOURSELF! AND HELP YOUR SURFING! Surfer foam rolling: As a surfer you’ve got to be flexible, and your joints require proper amounts of mobility in order for you to move efficiently, quickly, and injury-free. Both…
DISCOVER HOW TO LUNGE YOUR WAY TO BETTER PERFORMANCE!!!! Are you sitting at a desk for the majority of your day? Are you exercising, stretching, or working on mobility to improve the time that you do actually get to spend in the water? If you answered yes to the first question, and no to the…
COMPLAINING ABOUT SORE SHOULDERS? DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT! FOAM ROLL AND STRETCH! Surfer’s shoulders: If your shoulders are aching, your water-time is going to be limited. Check out that pic of Juilian Wilson. Very dynamic shoulder movements going on there, and the only way those movements are happening is due the surrounding tissues allowing that motion….
Stand On One Leg And Hop Around – Single Leg Balance You surf, so you can obviously balance and maintain your equilibrium, but how efficient are you really? Can you stand strong on a single leg? How about producing force in a rotational movement while standing on one leg? Are you a balanced surfer? Can…
DROP AND GIVE ME 20, BUT THEY HAD BETTER BE DAMN GOOD PUSHUPS. Surfers Perfect Pushups! Men usually love them, hell, it just feels tough banging out a bunch of pushups. Women usually stray away from them, which they really shouldn’t… women if you want some hot abs, then get good with pushups! Surfers, male…
To Squat, or Not To Squat? FRONT SQUAT VARIATIONS Watch this video on YouTube. Watch video here Bottom line, as a surfer, you need to have some form of a squat in your workout regiment. The squat movement is a necessary component of the movement dynamics of a surfer. When you are in the act…
OPEN UP THOSE HIPS BOYS AND GIRLS! Hip mobility drills: Seriously, besides the pun of the opening line, you need to make sure your hips are moving optimally. Take a look at these pics: What do you notice? Other than pulling some moves that you and I wish we could, notice the angles at the…
IT AIN’T REHAB, ITS PREHAB! THE FACEPULL In past posts, I’ve shown you guys how to start incorporating thoracic mobility Even if you currently have rotator cuff injuries, which just about every surfer will deal with at one point or another, you need to work on T-spine (short for thoracic if you haven’t nailed that one)…
YOU NEED TO PRACTICE SINGLE LEG WORK!! As a surfer, you need to be working on stability, strength, power, balance, and proprioception, all on a single leg! Squats are great, but think for a minute about your legs on a surfboard. They are in constant motion, dynamically involved in all the previously mentioned qualities, all while working largely independently…
BAD POSTURES=BAD SHOULDERS OPEN UP YOUR SHOULDERS—–STRETCH!!! Kyphotic posture… check out the picture, the image on the right is a pretty severe thoracic spine kyphosis. And unfortunately damn near your average American. As I’ve discussed in a previous post, surfer’s shoulders, this posture will wreak havoc on your shoulders, literally tearing up tissue when you’re out paddling…