Building Surf Paddling Stamina is important for progressing in surfing beyond the beginner stage. In the beginning, surfers start in waist deep water and catch foam waves close to the beach (in Oceanside, CA). They paddle to catch a wave and then walk the board back out.
Once beginners have mastered catching the wave, popping up, and riding to the beach, they can start paddling out through the foam to catch bigger foam waves and then small real waves. Not mastering the fundamentals before taking on bigger waves results in bigger train wrecks.
How Much Paddling is Necessary for Surfing?
Now the student is paddling out, patrolling for waves, paddling to catch them, and then paddling out again. There is a lot of paddling demanding glucose from the upper body muscles. Creating greater stamina requires building muscle and greater glucose stores. That is the essence of stamina. The body does learn over time to burn fat for energy and consume more carbohydrates.
The best process for building stamina is paddling. Not every one can get to the ocean several times a week to paddle. Paddling once a week for an hour or so does help. Out of the water the surfer can build upper body muscles with push ups, cable pulls, and weight work. More muscle means more glucose storage. The body learns to store more glucose each time it runs out.
Developing Cardiovascular Capability
Good cardiovascular ability can be developed with aerobics. Part of stamina is utilizing oxygen and recovering from exertion. The lighter a surfer’s body, the greater oxygen uptake. Surfers like to get lean to create less weight on the surfboard, improve agility, and improve oxygen uptake and stamina. Nutrition plays an important part in developing muscles, losing weight, and providing adequate fuel and recovery.
When a surfer is tired paddling, their session is over. What beginners don’t realize is that the paddling creates a fatigue in the body. Riding a surf board does not require much effort at the beginning. The paddling fatigue resonates through the body and the surfer soon starts making mistakes. When the surfer realizes he is tired, it is a good time to stop. This is the easiest time to get hurt.
Swimming is good for paddling, but swimmers say paddling is much more effort that swimming. More muscle building is necessary in the way of actual paddling or upper body strength building. Once a surfer wants to paddle out to the line up or ride bigger waves, they want to know they have the stamina to last and not run out of energy if they have an emergency. One spot I surf requires a long paddle out and a long paddle in. I always reserve enough energy to make it back in.
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5 Steps to Improve Surfing Performance
3 Ways to Catch Real Surfing Waves
Training to Ride the Surfing Short Board
Short Board Surfing Techniques
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