Just wondering what people are doing to train out of water for SUP? Hubby and I work out with a bosu ball (ball side down) on our balance, bit of yoga, bit of weights, bit of cardio in the pool on the shortboard paddling and swimming.
Making a move from Cairns down to Adelaide soon, looking forward to getting some bigger waves than the knee high stuff we get up here IF the conditions are favourable!
Your post reminds me of when I went to school in Townsville. Had a full training program to make sure when I got school holidays to come home to surf I could surf all day.
My favourite apart from a lot of running, boxing and footy was putting my leggie through the skimmer box and paddling for hours to harden my ribs and get my shoulders ready.
Now just go to Crossfit. Prepares you for pretty much anything..
Sounds like you have it covered , personally i think cross training is only good to keep things fresh mentally. If you want to be really good at one thing you need to train the muscles involved in that one thing over and over again
And in the manner that they are used in your sport. I.E no point in doing bench press if your sport involves pulling motions like sup. If i was a sup athlete id be doing lots of cable stuff , sup ergo stuff.If your after all round fitness then cross fit will be your go , if you want to be a sup racer then your training needs to mimick your sport.Unfortunately this can get very boring doing the same stuff all the time. For example a 100m runner,s training is very diffrent from a 400m athlete although they are both sprints!
I'm not a great fan of training rather I like to spend as much time on the water as possible, but some injuries from time to time and time out of the water had me prepare some light training, I like to walk for around an hour encompassing steep hills whilst also doing small weights in each hand, different movements and stretching etc, also after a recent back injury I found swimming laps and using the spa sauna steam room then laps again, repeat again, is quite therapeutic although I need three showers to rid my body of chlorine afterwards, you cant beat salt water IMHO.
As a side note I find riding my mountain bike leaves me quite sore and doesn't particularly help my SUPing when I do it the next day, BTW why do expensive bikes have such uncomfortable seats? I think it uses much different muscle groups or something as it just doesn't fit for me.
I have seen lifting heavy objects underwater looks like good exercise, Laird has videos on this, unfortunately I don't have access to a pool where the owner dosnt mind having large heavy objects on the pool bottom. 
Another thing id like to do but for a lack of two suitable trees at home is slack lining. 
Select to expand quoteCMC said..
Your post reminds me of when I went to school in Townsville. Had a full training program to make sure when I got school holidays to come home to surf I could surf all day.
My favourite apart from a lot of running, boxing and footy was putting my leggie through the skimmer box and paddling for hours to harden my ribs and get my shoulders ready.
Now just go to Crossfit. Prepares you for pretty much anything..
Yep cross fit. And DW paddling that will smash you and kg off
Mix it up is the latest theory, I love the whole crossfit thing, pretty much like being a big kid :)
I've been using one of these for a while. Great for conditioning the same muscles used for paddling and for straightening out your technique. www.paddlepowertrainer.com/
Hi I was in Hawaii recently and I went into a shop who had a training sytem for SUP on land , basically it consisted of a balance board a bit like the indo boards and some different strength stretchy bands that attach to a paddle handle and shaft and you hook the other end to a door way, havn't tried it and don't know if it's anygood but it is to help with balance and give some resistance on the paddle stroke, if you have a look at www.blueplanetsurf.com I think he has a video of him on it.
Didn't look that complicated you can probably make it easy enough or guessing he could ship it , think it was about $200 us
Hope it helps
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Sounds like you have it covered , personally i think cross training is only good to keep things fresh mentally. If you want to be really good at one thing you need to train the muscles involved in that one thing over and over againAnd in the manner that they are used in your sport. I.E no point in doing bench press if your sport involves pulling motions like sup. If i was a sup athlete id be doing lots of cable stuff , sup ergo stuff.If your after all round fitness then cross fit will be your go , if you want to be a sup racer then your training needs to mimick your sport.Unfortunately this can get very boring doing the same stuff all the time. For example a 100m runner,s training is very diffrent from a 400m athlete although they are both sprints!
That being said, even elite athletes cross train in the gym to counterbalance the muscles that their sport uses, yoga and stretching to lengthen and release tight muslces. The idea of only ever doing pulling exercises to 'mimic' sup and eliminating anything that 'pushes' is where injuries come from - imbalances in the muscle groups causes the body to compensate in other areas - ever have any shoulder issues with tons of paddling? Might need to strengthen the upper back muscles - it's about balance. Believe me...
I'm not discounting sport specific training but there is a bit of a limit in that. You can add me to the list of crossfitters. Never been more fit in my life and without SUP specific training I can walk up and rock a race because my body is conditioned overall and I have the technique to paddle. :)
Select to expand quotepaddlejac said..teatrea said..
Sounds like you have it covered , personally i think cross training is only good to keep things fresh mentally. If you want to be really good at one thing you need to train the muscles involved in that one thing over and over againAnd in the manner that they are used in your sport. I.E no point in doing bench press if your sport involves pulling motions like sup. If i was a sup athlete id be doing lots of cable stuff , sup ergo stuff.If your after all round fitness then cross fit will be your go , if you want to be a sup racer then your training needs to mimick your sport.Unfortunately this can get very boring doing the same stuff all the time. For example a 100m runner,s training is very diffrent from a 400m athlete although they are both sprints!
That being said, even elite athletes cross train in the gym to counterbalance the muscles that their sport uses, yoga and stretching to lengthen and release tight muslces. The idea of only ever doing pulling exercises to 'mimic' sup and eliminating anything that 'pushes' is where injuries come from - imbalances in the muscle groups causes the body to compensate in other areas - ever have any shoulder issues with tons of paddling? Might need to strengthen the upper back muscles - it's about balance. Believe me...
I'm not discounting sport specific training but there is a bit of a limit in that. You can add me to the list of crossfitters. Never been more fit in my life and without SUP specific training I can walk up and rock a race because my body is conditioned overall and I have the technique to paddle. :)
I agree , cross fit is awesome to build a strong base fitness.But as the old expression goes jack of all trades master of none.
Select to expand quoteE T said..
Farkkkkkk Hawkman, that is hilarious.
Nearly pissed myself laughing.
ET. +1
So much to chose from. Do it all. fatigue and confuse those muscles.
Stretching and yoga, get flexible
And nothing wrong with bench press. You need a strong chest for paddling....
www.kayakpro.com/sup/
SUP ergometer. ergometers can be pretty loud when indoors.
MArko
