Surfing Fitness in 3D

Are you doing your surf training in 3D?

 

And no I don't mean wearing a pair of 3D glasses... read on and I'll explain... 

 

Surfing is a sport which you move in all 3 dimensions - pushing, pulling, squatting, lunging and  twisting, so therefore you need to be training the same way.

 

Too many people are still doing single plane body building type exercises that don't transfer into real world sports movement.

 

You need to be training using functional exercises that incorporate the 3 planes of movement...

 

• Sagittal Plane
• Frontal Plane
• Transverse Plane

 

1. Sagittal Plane - This refers to movements of the body forward and backward. Think of paddling when you are surfing or exercises like pushups with knee drive for your workouts.

 

2. Frontal Plane - This refers to lateral movements such as pumping down a wave for speed. Frontal plane exercises include lateral squats or wide-grip pullups.

 

3. Transverse Plane - This refers to rotational movements such as performing a bottom turn when surfing. Exercises include russian twists and stability ball hip flips.

 

 

 

Ideally every workout you want to include exercises that train all 3 dimension and preferably using exercises that use multiple planes of movement within the one exercises such as the dumbbell chop which trains movement in the sagittal, frontal and transverse plane.

 

 

Next time you workout, think about whether you are training all 3 planes of movement.

 

 

Want to start training in 3D? Download the most comprehensive 3D surf fitness program on the internet and explode your surfing performance!

 

 

 

See you training in 3D soon!