I’m an old man and the only reason i do fitness is to keep my conditioning for surfing. the older you get the more injuries you tend to carry so i don’t believe hitting the gym hard is the way for me.

the most important thing is keeping limber and yoga is great for old farts, it’s not just stretching, it’s strength, balance and flexibility, all critical for surf fitness.
all these you tube surf fitness clips are just modified yoga movements.

the foam roller is so critical to ironing out the creases especially hip flexors, IT band, back and lats.

a little circuit for me, mix it up or change it, keep it varied but revisit it every so often:

20x wide grip pullups (back power, paddling)
20x pushups (paddling, pop up)
10x full swiss ball squats (re-balance quads and rehab dodgy knees)
1 bball court tyre flips (everything together)
50x 5-10kg seated mason twists (core)
10x half swiss ball/bosu ball pop ups (get up old man, 2 feet together not this old man crawl to your feet shit)
make 10 free throws (focus when fatigued)

x5 rounds

takes me 40-60 minutes. Under 45 minutes is good

charlie nuts bringin’ the old-school niceness vibe. BVB, is that you? epic win. i’m doin’ that workout.

If you want to stay fit, also try to add a very healthy virgin coconut oil called memory Oil. Their website will be up in a few days or even tomorrow and look it up, it will be called Memoryoils.com and Memory Oil has changed my figure and I also apply it to my skin and it removes all the wrinkles in my face and it is just fantastic. I definitely recommend buying it for a cheep $8 and put it in your meals and give it a go. It does wonders.

Everything in balance. The same way the waves work, you must train. Specificity is key to any fitness regimen with cross over abilities from workouts to improving surging ability. Reaction timing, central nervous style taxing workouts will give you the most bang for your buck when combined with highly metabolic inducing workouts like crossfit. Finding weaknesses and imbalances in the body is the place to start,.corrective exercise is a major component most people are not able to do themselves because of the need for manual manipulation while in kinetic motion. Screw the fads and technologically driven machines, invest in a newer college level Exercise Physiology book, it will answer your questions. Or email me Tzaillinit@gmail. personal trainer with sports med degree and 10+ years training motocross, skiing, showboarding and downhill professional racers.
Eddie would go!

blood type diet ( every body is different, find what makes u feel good), get rid of your car , get a bike and skate and surf plus some situps, pushups if theres no waves and of course swim and soft sand runs. ditch the beer go for cheap red wine and ur good to go. works for me. theres nothing thats sucks more tho if you are sore from land workout when the waves are pumping.

Swim in a masters group…..sprint after sprint. I live six hours inland and to prepare for Tavarua I swam 6-7 miles of sprints a week. It sucked but I was catching as many or more than any guy in the water. The group aspect keeps you motivated when your brain says this sucks….and it often does.

Also, get a Chuck Norris total gym for base strength. You can do a great paddle motion for core muscles.

All in all kinda cheesy stuff, but It keeps me fit and catching waves after long droughts

Interesting to say the least, check out my site for tips on increasing stamina for surfing – it might be some help for some of you.

Has Charlie nuts’ comment been run through one of those autotranslation devices? Seems to have been translated from Urdu to Creole to Swahili to Albanian to Cantonese to “English”…

Squats and lunges are a good addition to this routine. Your glutes are the largest muscles in your body and therefore play an important role for balance and stability during movement.

The Surf Stronger workouts and surf as much as possible.

There’s a 50 metre outdoor pool on London Inn Fields. Every Sunday, regardless of the icey weather, we jog or cycle there. Using a large swimming float tucked under my chest I paddle, bit like being on a surfboard only a lot tougher on the arms due to lack of bouyancy. People think I’m mental… but I’m fit to surf!

P90X, baby!

Pat Carey – I had surgery on a torn labrum in my right shoulder Feb 2011. First time I was able to surf again after that was end of June 2011. So about 5 months. This was doing physical therapy (PT) 3x a week for 5 months.

Just take it slow and do the PT My doctor had me start PT 2 days after my surgery. That’s really the key. Make sure you do whatever exercises they tell you to do at home. I think for the first month I was doing an hr of PT at home every day in addition to going to the PT office.

Once my shoulder felt good enough I started swimming regularly at the gym. This was probably after about 3 months of PT. Started out slow but eventually was doing about 1000-1500 meters in the pool 3x a week in addition to the PT.

A lot of the exercises you do in PT for your labrum will help strengthen your shoulders. One year later, my shoulders feel stronger than they did before the surgery. I’m surfing 2hr sessions 5-6x a week, mainly at Ocean Beach SF (which can have a brutal paddle) and my shoulders feel fine.

Hey all,
I recently had surgery on my shoulder. I tore my labrum pretty bad and havent been able to surf and wont be able to surf for a couple months probably. I have kept my weight the same pretty much at 195. Anyone have any suggestions on how i can stay in shape/ surfing shape with a bum shoulder? Im doing PT for it now and it seems to be getting better i just hate not being able to use it. Riding a stationary bike for 45 minutes a day can get real old wuick haha.

Thanks

All sound great, don’t forget to keep your rotator cuffs (shoulders) strong.
Doing regular rotator cuff strengthening exercises 3 times per week will help to prevent injury.
http://www.surfingdoctors.com/images/articles/The%20Surfers%20Shoulder.pdf

Andrew its usually spelled burpee (so you can search it for a video) is when you put your hands down by your feet, kick your feet out into a push-up position then bring them back in. Stand up n jump. Do it in a fluid motion not broken into steps. Sounds n looks pretty easy but it works good!

burpee is when you begin by standing up, then lean over put your hands on the ground, shoot your feet behind you, do a pushup, bring feet back to your hands then jump up and reach for the ceiling. therres tons of variations.

Anything to stay active is huge. eating clean diet is key too. This article is great, I personally throw in a lot more variations of exercises and make sure to eat vegetables every day too. usually do 20-25 minutes of exercises during lunch break, then come home and run 2 miles + a few other little exercises if I’m up for it.

surf all day and then eat hamburgers and beer. works for me.

Yea word, throw some karate kicks, karate chops, roundhouse kick, one-inch punch. Yea word, dont use a toliet when you do a number 2, really work those quads. Chase wild boar, chickens, little dogs, hot chicks. Find some drift word to knock out some squats, overhead thrust, double lindo-chops, some Michigan side tosses, a few Phillipino head rolls and bench of course. Yea word, keep it fresh by eating raw meat, raw eggs, fresh fish in a blender, twice a day of course. Couple more gems, the titty twister, the crusty pizza, the land rover, the Eddie Murphy, all really good for the core. Yea word, make sure to work those back muscles with some Rodger Rabbits, a couple of monkey grippers and as always finish any workout with a big glass of water, lots of water depending on how intense you did your Eddie Murphy’s. People pay for this kind of advice, get you some..