Using your body weight to improve your surf training for optimal surfing performance has many benefits. Firstly you can train anywhere and at anytime. You can choose to do your surfing workouts outdoors in the fresh air, down on the beach or in your hotel room when traveling or competing on tour. Secondly, you do not need to carry ...
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If you have ever seen Laird Hamilton performing a surf workout or surfing giant waves, he often seems larger than life. Muscular, lean, fit and strong who leads a crew of people chasing huge mountains of water around the globe looking for the ultimate surfing wave. In order to do this he trains his mind and body to be ready. ...
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Some triathletes swear by it, some dismiss it as unnecessary but the whole “should I do weights?” question keeps doing the rounds. One reason there is much debate on this issue is that the answer is complicated and usually starts with “it depends“… How much strength does a triathlete need? What type of strength? What distance triathlon are we ...
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