Appropriate exercise

[Kitiara]

Hi there,
What kinds of exercise or specific routines would you suggest to keep in shape while unable to surf.
Kit x

[Aloha]

Swimming, swimming and more swimming.

[Aloha]

Oh and I don't mean spashing about in the pool with your mates, I mean proper lengths doing front crawl (freestyle) or butterfly and not breaststroke.

Swimming is the best thing for you and it doesn't kill your joints and muscles like sports on land. I surf everyday there is surf sometimes 10 plus times a week or more and I still find swimming can be quite tough when I go for one on surfless days, so it definitley is the best excercise.

[deathfrog]

I swim five days a week, I surf a few days a month, and I can keep up with the locals....

I'm thinking its helping... Head up freestyle (water polo style) helps the most. For someone who isn't on a team and wants to swim, I recomend 500 warm up, 10 50's on the minute (decreasing as you get faster) 5 100's on the 2:10, four 50's head up on the 1:10, 300 breathing every five, seven, nine strokes, then six under waters, and a 300 warm down breathing every three, five, seven.

That would be easy if it was my practice, but for someone who had no competitive swimming experience it would probally be really hard.

But it would improve all aspects of your surfing, and when you get better at it yuo can decrease intervals and increase distance. Do some butterfly too, but if you don't know how don't bother as you will just end up hurting yourself.

[VaB]

Here's some good exercises from a guy from another bb. Swimming is also key.
http://www.surfflex.com/bsbworkout1.htm

[babyboarder89]

, I recomend 500 warm up, 10 50's on the minute (decreasing as you get faster) 5 100's on the 2:10, four 50's head up on the 1:10, 300 breathing every five, seven, nine strokes, then six under waters, and a 300 warm down breathing every three, five, seven..

you what???

[libby]

Glad someone said it....

[deathfrog]

, I recomend 500 warm up, 10 50's on the minute (decreasing as you get faster) 5 100's on the 2:10, four 50's head up on the 1:10, 300 breathing every five, seven, nine strokes, then six under waters, and a 300 warm down breathing every three, five, seven..

you what???

lmao

I guess im a nerd then...

a five hundred is five hundred meters, ten laps, twenty lengths, and a 50 is fifty yards, one lap, two lengths... get that? Basicly the same for all the numbers that aren't specified, and sopmething like 1:10 would be you do a fifty every minute and ten seconds... make sense?

[babyboarder89]

um. yeah...

how about stretchy excercises or balance excercises?

[d3ad1y]

If you wanna get flexible i would suggest yoga (my folks are trying to get me to do it seriously).

Swimming is the best all rounder cus it works nearly every muscle once you go through the main strokes, and also helps your breathing.

I really like to work on upper body for paddling, so i took up indoor rock climbing... and it works wonders =)

[libby]

Snap!

[Brian]

yep, im a competitive swimmer, for a club and for school..swimming really helps in my paddling..i can get into the lineup faster and catch many waves people that may not swim all year round would be able to catch...so swim up

[deathfrog]

water polo helps the most... Go play polo.

[d3ad1y]

Yeah waterpolo rules..... but i dont like those silly caps..... sure they help my ears from getting ripped off..... but i feel like an idiot wearing them.

Asking a Q from you Deathfrog...... seeing as it sounds like you wear speedoz heaps (so do i from swimming, polo and lifesaving) do you wear double layer when you play polo? It seems im the only person who wears less than 3 layers in my district.

[deathfrog]

I wear the speedo polo suits... They don't really streach all that much, and their super durable. I've used the same one all year, in the water for a few hours five days a week, and its just now starting to wear out. I only used it, but the rest of my team wears a dragsuit over it until right before they play.

Heres what im talking about...
http://www.speedousa.com/index.cfm/fuse ... 20e7fd65e/

[Guest]

i started swimming to get in shape, should I start out every other day, 3 times a week, and eventually move onto everyday or should I just swim every day?

[deathfrog]

Doing what I posted earlier? Or just swimming.

Just messing around in a pool won't help you much, you gotta do the laps.

Either one, if you can do it, every day.

[Phil]

i started swimming to get in shape, should I start out every other day, 3 times a week, and eventually move onto everyday or should I just swim every day?

every other day is best if your just starting and take it easy dont push your self to hard when you feel your geting warn out get out i pushed my self pretty hard when i started and ended up pulling a tendon in my sholder that took weeks to get right agian but after a few weeks as you feel your fitness improving bulit it up

[Totterz]

swimmin is gud lol .... lots of surfers swim lol

[gulfsurfer]

ok....this thread is a little creepy. I guess im just not into the whole speedo thing, but ok....