| Fit to Surf: The Surfer's Guide to Strength and Conditioning Contributor(s): Snyder, Rocky (Author) |
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ISBN: 0071419535 ISBN-13: 9780071419536 Publisher: International Marine Publishing OUR PRICE: $19.95 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: July 2003 Annotation: "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 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Sports & Recreation | Water Sports - Sports & Recreation | Training |
| Dewey: 797 |
| LCCN: 2003007439 |
| Physical Information: 0.51" H x 5.46" W x 8.44" (0.40 lbs) 176 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Fit to Surf, a cutting-edge surfing-specific fitness guide, supplies surfers of all levels of experience with everything they need to create a personal fitness program that builds strength and endurance, increases balance and coordination, and minimizes the risk of injury. Personal trainer Rocky Snyder--himself an avid surfer with two decades of experience riding the waves--provides easy to-follow, step-by-step instructions supplemented with 60photographs of conditioning exercises that can be performed at home, in the gym, or on the water. |
Contributor Bio(s): Snyder, Rocky: - Rocky Snyder is a certified strength and conditioning specialist and a certified personal trainer. He has been a professional fitness trainer for over ten years and an avid surfer and paddler for over twenty years. He is also the author of Fit to Paddle: The Paddler's Guide to Strength and Conditioning. |