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Training For Surfing, is simply the most enjoyable thing you can do to get fit and stay in shape. You don’t have to do any preparation in order to come to Our Surf Camp in Morocco and have a lot of fun surfing with us though. We teach people surfing and Moroccan Culture from 16 to 70, some of whom do not do a stroke of exercise and it’s not even a problem if you can’t swim either.

Having said that, like all sports the better shape you’re in the further you can progress before fitness becomes a limiting factor When you surf, you feel stronger, fitter and happier, and with a good training program you can make the most these health benefits.

SWIMMING

You can have a lot of fun surfing in waist deep water (level 1 surfing) but eventually you’ll want to paddle out and that’s wh

en the swimmers have an advantage. The nice thing about swimming is that you’ll get really good at it really quickly.

Get to your local pool a couple of times a week in the month leading up to your trip and the pay off will be huge. If you’ve never done any swimming before here’s how to get started. The stroke you need is front crawl (freestyle). Find someone who can watch you do a few lengths and give you pointers on your technique or have a few lessons. On Day 1 you may be exhausted after one length but don’t worry,

that’s normal. Day 2 you’ll be able to do two or three laps before you have to stop and after a few weeks you’ll be able to do 15 or 20 which is fantastic. Don’t worry about what time you’re doing each length in, it’s much more about settling into a nice rhythm, rather than sprinting along.

SKATEBOARDING

It’s great if you can spend sometime longboarding (on a skateboard), like this. It’s unbelievably helpful for your surfing but you must make sure that you are standing with your back knee dropped in towards your front knee (like you see them exaggerating 29 seconds in on this great little film by Original Skateboards).

Getting comfortable with that back knee position really is the key to a good surfing stance. Don’t worry about trying to perform tricks, just cruise along getting comfortable in that counter-intuitive stance, with your back knee dropped in. Do make sure that you are wearing wrist guards however however however as falling heavily on your hand is a common injury.

FLEXIBILITY

Flexibility often ends up being a limiting factor in many people’s surfing, especially over
40s. So a stretching regime is important. Being under (or overly) flexible can also cause injuries. The philosophy behind yoga isn’t for everyone and you need to be skeptical of some of the health claims and physiological mechanisms proposed in yoga classes, but regular yoga is a great way to increase mobility. Seated rotational poses will give you the flexibility in your trunk to help you bring your feet underneath your body, and the flexibility in your legs will come from practicing “Down Dog”, which is great for stretching out the achilles, back of the knees and hamstrings.

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