Boost your surfing performance with targeted shoulder exercises from Surf Strength Coach. Strengthen, mobilize, and prevent injury today!
I Couldn’t Paddle Anymore I was surfing a really good beach break today. There were a few banks running several 100 yards down the beach, but the current was pushing so hard it made for a lot of paddling. Endless paddling. Paddle 10 minutes straight, go for a waved. Paddle back out, paddle upcurrent, catch a wave, repeat. I…
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….
HOW WELL DO YOUR SHOULDERS PADDLE? STRENGTHEN & STRETCH THEM PROPERLY You complaining about sore shoulders? What are doing about it? Are you still doing dumbbell front raises, high rows, or bench presses? If you are, you are just wrecking those shoulders more and more and more. Tear up that rotator cuff tissue! (That’s sarcasm). If…
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)…
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…
The second video in the series of “surfers shoulders”. If you surf, you need to work on thoracic mobility as a pre-requisite for improving your shoulders. If you’ve got crappy shoulders, you’re not gonna have that great of a time in the water. Start using this mobility drill, as well as the exercises from part 1, and…
Surf Shoulders IF YOU SURF, WATCH THIS VIDEO. Bottom line, as a surfer, your shoulders need to move well, and with the average person’s posture, shoulder mobility just isn’t going to be happening very well. Watch this video on YouTube. Watch the video To improve shoulder mobility, you MUST first begin to improve thoracic spine mobility. The…