If you live on the East Coast, you're not keeping in shape by surfing. Unless you do some serious Manuel Labor, you gotta be doing some kind of exercise. What's your workout regimen? Yeah this has been discussed before probably, but I don't give a fook.
Stationary bike for cardio/stamina. Helps with the paddle out. Some weights, standard arm and shoulder exercises, plus weighted squats, lunges. Pushups, burpees, some yoga. I work at staying in shape for surfing & kayaking & life in general.
My rule of thumb is "just do a little something every day". Nothing too extreme, just stay consistent and eat relatively healthy. I stopped going to the gym years ago and gave up heavy weights as it just wreaked havoc on my joints, mainly my shoulders. My wife and I play tennis, swing golf clubs at the range or hit baseballs at the batting cage, go bowling, long bike rides, go for a jog, do push ups / sit ups / pull ups, go dancing if you're into that sort of thing, swimming in a pool or open ocean, SUP long distance, whatever you have access to. Have sexual relations that last 30 minutes - hour, whatever you're capable of. Throw in some PS3 Move / Xbox Kinect games, such as The Fight Lights out (street fighting game) or Zumba for the ladies / gays (not judging). If you give yourself lots of options, then you have SOMETHING you can do each day / night, rain or shine. The key is to mix it up, and never get bored doing the same ole same ole and keep your body guessing, similar to the P90x philosophy i guess.
I like to ride the bike at least 10 miles everyday and somewhere along the way do about 3 sets x40 sit ups , leg lifts, push ups and about 10 pull ups cause that shiii is hard for me. Run a little every week , long board around the river area and chase women. That is all for now !
I swing a sledgehammer for hours at work.and im on my feet for 10hrs a day.thats my workout.i havnt been to a gym in many years.i believe I have arthritis in my knee and im not even 40 but that's lyfe
X2 Nothing to wild here. I like to do exercises that have some function to them..such as lifting atlas stones or climbing ropes. I run for a quick mile or two weather permitting on occasion. Weights in the basement let me do the standard stuff like bench presses, squats, dumbbell exercises, also a bunch of stuff on the pullup bar. I like to stretch out as well, I wouldn't say i do yoga but I almost have the splits down. As far as an actual routine, I usually do like a "circuit" consisting of a handful of exercises. Below is a real crude example.. the reps done fluctuate with how much weight is/isn't being used.. but just to give an idea. 5 Rounds Bench press: 10x Pistols (one leg squat): 5x (left and right) Dragon Flags: 3x Shoulder Shrugs: 15x Then after those 5 rounds maybe do another couple rounds of calisthenics like varied push ups and crunches or some cardio (punching bag, jog) or if Im exhausted just call it a day and then stretch out after lol. Don't forget that eating clean is a big part of staying fit for action. Not just for surfing but for an overall healthy lifestyle.
This is one topic I don't mind recycling as there's so much possible to discuss. Glad you brought this up salt, as everyone's got cabin fever and we do care about our physical fitness at least with how it relates to surfing. Bro, honestly, I can exist purely on Carver workouts alone barring total snow or ice coverage on streets. Last winter, I don't think I lifted a weight from August to April. Just rode the Carver 2-8 hours daily, never a day missed. I've been hitting weights good for 20 years now so have had substantial lean muscle mass the majority of my life. I believe that we are able to modify our genetics somewhat by presenting our bodies with an environment very long-term that it must adapt to. I've gone up to 9 months with zero weight lifting but not lost and aftually gained muscle mass by other resistance-loaded activities like Carver and surfing. My best-case scenario is 2-3 weight circuit workouts a week coupled with 5-6 Carver sessions, 4-5 surf sessions (not often possible), and even some yoga and kickboxing. However, on the Carver and surfing alone for most of a year's time in the past, I have been at mid-single digit bodyfat with maintains most all lean muscle in large groups, increasing it significantly in smaller groups like calves, core, and hip flexors, not to mention significant spring cardio endurance, muscular endurance (lactic acid clearance), and functional strength. The only thing the Carver doesn't really hit is some to most of the paddle muscles (so you still need surf for full body), but you'd be amazed at how much shoulders and upper back you're using when maintaining tension through trowing hacks and hard turns. Granted, my Carver riding when it's at its height is several hour sessions where 80-90% of the board time is highly anaerobic meaning I'm either climbing hill as fast as I can or pumping and pushing on level land to get as much speed as I can...the whole damn sesh with very few brief breaks. That's why I would be soaked through rash guards or hoodies with sweat at anything 35F or above for air. It transformed my body buoys. And it kept me healthy and durable as all hell - never was sore from tough falls in surf and never got injured from bad falls or movements. Then we get to that last day of summer swell in late September when I caught my first standing barrell but broke my big toe after getting pitted. Only now, over 4 months later, is my big toe fully healed. I was smart about the aftercare since I knew that rebreaking it as simple as stubbing it would start the healing process over and it would never end. My Carver riding has been very, very little since then and I'm ready to get after it again but now we have 5ft of snow accumulation in Boston and 2 more on the way Monday. It's bad man. At least I'm getting out west for a few days this weekend so I'll amp up the training then. There's my routine Carver rambling, but hope it had some useful content. Those things are far more than a surf tool. They're a perfect physique and conditioning waiting to happen. I've got a lot more to comment on with circuit training and such but gotta head out now. Good topic salt!
I try to train as functional as I can. It kills me when I see people training with no purpose. When designing a workout the most important thing is what do you want to get out of it and how it will apply to the activity that you wish to improve on. I do balance training every day, I spend about 20-30 minutes each morning going through my routine. This is often overlooked by most and you can do it with little to no equipment. For cardio purposes I do a lot of interval training. It relates to surfing because we are going from bobbing around on a board to a full sprint paddle to riding the wave and paddling back out again. I also use a jump rope a lot. between sets while strength training I will immediately pick up the jump rope and go for 30 seconds then rest for 30 and proceed onto the next set. Its great for keeping your heart rate up. For strength training I do a lot of core work and work on rotational movements. For lower body I do a variation of single leg work and work on explosive movements like box jumps and etc. I do Pull ups, chin ups, push up variations and all that other free weight bull stuff that will translate to surfing. Some advice I would like to give y'all would be to do rotator cuff exercises. Do exercises that are off of the sagittal plane (Ex. side lunges). If you are doing any type of weight training for your lower body make sure to implement hamstring exercises. This is important to avoid ACL injuries. Also this guy has some good surf related exercise advice. https://www.youtube.com/user/crismills2 http://surfstrengthcoach.com/ P.s sorry for the longer post, I know that frowned upon round these parts.
swim 2x/wk...1x= short wu, then anaerobic reps (endurance-short/med rest or power-longer rest- of 25-50m of free & fly especially...1x/wk aerobic/threshold run 1-2x/wk (but not now bc it's like -25*f & 8ft of snow so f that) yoga 1-2x/wk weights/resistance 2-3x/wk (1x endurance based <light weight> circuits, 1x very heavy weight low rep fast circuits...1x body based + balance board work)....with all of this stuff i include a lot of ab work (crunches, sit-ups, v-ups all w/ or w/o weight on chest) and push-ups with popping up to stance on final rep if time & conditions permit then i'm surfing instead of all of these... in short, i've found variation of work is key...also, beer
Make sure to switch arms or you will paddle in circles... Fit to Surf : The Surfer's Guide to Strength and Conditioning ... Amazon, used, on the cheap.
P90seX...boutz to start marketing to passable "thick" chicks...You know the ones with big buttz and pretty faces..
wake up eat a banana go to school skate, maybe film do homework eat dinner poke smot go to bed that's been my routine for a while and i'm buff as fvck there's this kid at my beach who wears a 5/4 during the summer and drops in on everyone in sight. i recently found his instagram and it looks like he's "bulking" now. looks like that 5/4 won't fit him anymore...
