Warm-Up and Workout Fitness Exercises

Surf Training: Warm-Up and Workout Fitness Exercises

Try this fitness exercises for your surfing and pre-surfing workouts. Remember that you could improve 30% of your surfing fitness if you simply add two workout sessions, twice a week, at home or in your local gym. Surfing is a very complete sport. It requires swimming skills, sense of balance, decision taking and constant muscle interactions. Before hitting waves, try these physical warm up fitness schemes to avoid injuries: 1. Go for a light jogging during four minutes. You body will start engines and increase your heart rate, breathing and blood circulation. 2. Swing your legs and arms. 3. Slowly try to reach your fingers to your feet. 4. Swing your leg backwards and forwards. 5. Stretch your leg muscles. 6. Rotate your head and neck. 7. Gently rotate your heel to exercise the whole foot articulation. 8. Inhale deeply and exhale vigorously a few times. 9. Make very quick and short runs back and forth. 10. Elevate your arms and join the palm of your hand above your head, as higher as you can. Watch some surf fitness exercises that you can do at home, HERE. Also, check the best yoga poses for surfers, HERE. Now, you're ready to hit the surf. Print these 10 surfing warm-up tips and keep it next to your surfboard. Surf Injuries & Physical Limitations The main surf injuries and physical limitations of the average surfer are: * Shoulders get easily tired after and during a surfing session * Lungs do not respond to your paddle needs * Arms are slower in take-off mode * Ankle and hips do not respond in backside snaps and off-the-lips * Duck dives aren't efficient * Body cannot stand a three hour session or a two/three daily sessions * Back pain following a surfing session * Neck pain following a surfing session * Body cramps while surfing Surf Food and Sports Nutrition A balanced diet is the perfect choice for surfers: * A smoothie a day is a fantastic way to to keep fit * Enjoy orange juice, carrots, tomatoes and ground flax seeds * Add vegetables to your meat or fish daily dishes * Eat many small meals a day * Reduce the number of hamburgers you're having every week * Drink two litres of water every day * Eat two bananas before surfing: you'll gain energy and will avoid cramps * If you enjoy a beer in the after-surf, drink a small bottle of water before it