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Unstable surface work also absolutely has its place, and I’ve been known to squat on top of a stability ball, but often that training isn’t going to have the most carryover to your surfing. What will have the most impact is making sure these surfers move very well through their joints, so lots of mobility work, and building towards dynamic movement training to reinforce joint durability and strength in extreme ranges of motion. His skill levels are already very high, so we would focus on making sure the body has the fundamental movement requirements, and then the base levels of strength and power to make him durable in the surf. Mix that with mobility work, ( I like yin yoga for this crew, as well as mobility sequences that you’ll find in my Ocean Sports Performance program), and some cardio work, your surf capacity just tremendously improved.

Most folks chasing surf fitness would be more well-intentioned with their time to focus on some over-arching limitations holding back their surfing, and this largely depends on what skill level they’re at. A good protocol would be something like this: • 2 Strength Sessions/week, with at least one session having a focus on upper body work capacity If you need help putting that together, dive into my Ocean Sports Performance program for a few months. Ocean time is the biggest factor in climbing the skill pyramid, but we can do a lot to make sure you have base levels of surf fitness in place. If you need to improve your surf fitness, and you want workouts, mobility routines, breath training, and even insight into nutrition, you should consider my Ocean Sports Performance Program.

At it’s foundation, it’s simply keeping your body, or restoring your body, to a better physical state. But, becoming efficient at ring chin-ups provides so much other benefit to the health of the upper body that it’s a critical piece of training. Incredible mobility, joint control, dynamic positions, full expression of hip movement, stability of the spine, all angles of shoulder control, dynamic core strength Various hip positions when turning or popping up, shoulder angles when duck diving or rotating through turns, and all of the integrative core strength that’s required in the sport, it’s all encompassed in this weird looking Turkish Get-up.

If you want insight into efficient training, longevity, health, nutrition, stretching, and how it all relates to surfing, keeping these Principles in mind,  grab your Free Membership to my Ocean Sports Performance Program (bottom of article). You losing 15 pounds, you getting out of knee pain, you training for a marathon, it’s a process. With my Ocean Sports Performance program there’s a full exercise library, so it makes the process of understanding what good movement should look like a bit easier. Do you really just want some damn good training, and some guidance on applying health & fitness to your health, and more importantly, how it all ties together with surfing?