Health
Surf Shoulder Training: Stretch, Mobilize, and Strengthen
Surfer/Fitness & Health Coach
Here are a few exercises and movements you can incorporate to clean up those shoulders and keep them healthy, cause mine ain’t too happy now.
Surf Training for Stability and Flow
Fitness Coach/Surfer
Surfing requires the seamless integration of many movement patterns all at the same time on an inherently unstable and changing surface. Floor-based exercises have no carry-over to our sport. You heard me. None.
Surf Flexibility: Ditch The Aimless Stretching
Fitness Coach/Surfer
Injuries are a sign that you have a restriction somewhere else that needs to be corrected. The site of the pain is often just where you have to compensate. Step number one is identifying where your restrictions are and dealing with them.
Drink Up: Try These 8 Extreme Beers
Assistant Editor, The Active Times
In the brewing process, a little creativity can help develop unique beer flavors. Everything from peppercorns to chocolate to pumpkin can give a pilsner or stout its stand-out character.
Sweetened Drinks Linked to Depression
Assistant Editor, The Active Times
Research published in the Journal of Depression and Anxiety suggests that drinking sweetened beverages, especially diet versions, could be linked to a greater chance of developing depression.
Energy Drinks? Study Says Caffeine is Only Effective Ingredient
Writer & Editor, The Active Times
If you’ve been tempted to sip on an energy drink that boasts more “energy enhancements” than caffeine, including ingredients such as taurine, ginseng, B-vitamins, yerba mate and more, you’ve been swindled.
Surf Shoulders: Rotator Cuff Training
Surfer/Fitness & Health Coach
Those damn shoulders…. surfer’s shoulders. If’ they’re grinding, dislocating, inflamed, crunchy, or pain provoking, then your surfing is suffering, and when you can’t surf because of joint pain, it’s a terribly frustrating thing.
How to Cure Ice Cream Headaches
Environmentalist/Surfer/Blogger
I attempted to solve one of the cold water surfer’s worst ordeals: how to cure an ice cream headache.
Yoga Tips: Bakasana
Professional Surfer/Yogi
The crane pose in yoga, also known as the Bakasana, is a compact arm balancing posture that helps in strengthening the arms as well as the abdominal organs.
The Seal Within: Learning to Hold My Breath
Surfer/Blogger
In a hold-down, panic is your enemy. Hard as it may seem, you need to try to clear your mind and let the wave take you where it will; don’t fight the ocean because you are powerless against it.
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