Fit To Surf - Softcover

Rocky Snyder

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0970612001 ISBN 13: 9780970612007

Publisher: Emerson Pub, 2001

Fit To Surf is the surfer's guide to strength training and conditioning. This book is filled with information and photographs to help an individual: build more surfing strength, enhance paddling endurance, increase balance and coordination, reduce chance of injury, and train individually or as a member of a surf team.

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From the Back Cover:

"Guaranteed to make you rip twice as hard."--TransWorld Surf magazine

Stay out longer, catch more waves, and perform more demanding maneuvers

Whether you’re a veteran surfer or just discovering the thrills of catching a big wave, this surfing-specific fitness guide helps you become a better, stronger, more agile surfer. Fit to Surf gives you everything you need to create a personal fitness program that builds strength and increases endurance, fine-tunes balance and coordination, and minimizes your risk of injury.

Renowned personal trainer and avid surfer Rocky Snyder presents easy-to-follow, step-by-step instructions for scores of illustrated exercises that you can perform at home, in the gym, or on the water. Complete with a muscle chart and a workout log you can use to organize your personal training program, Fit to Surf helps you improve your wave count, maintain a higher energy level, and master maneuvers that you thought were beyond your skills. It includes:

Flexibility training
Sun salutation warmup yoga poses
Strength training
Medicine ball and stability ball training
Skill transfer exercises
Endurance training
Surf team drills
Detailed sample workout programs

"An easy-to-follow guide."--Longboard Magazine

"A must-have for your surf library."--Girls' Surf Life magazine

About the Author:

Rocky Snyder is a Certified Strength & Conditioning Specialist, and an NSCA-Certified Personal Trainer. Rocky was voted "Best Personal Trainer" in Santa Cruz County for 1999 & 2000 by Good Times Magazine. He is the co-founder of the Pleasure Point Athletic & Wellness Center. Rocky received his Bachelor of Arts degree in Literature from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. He currently lives and surfs in Santa Cruz, California.

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