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Core & Back Strengthening Yoga Flow

Core & Back Strengthening Yoga Flow

Join Ines in this core and back strengthening yoga flow which is designed to build stability and power in the muscles that are essential for surfing.

Post Surf Restorative Yoga Flow

Post Surf Restorative Yoga Flow

Designed to gently stretch and release tension in the body, this practice focuses on soothing the muscles worked during surfing, especially in the shoulders, hips, and lower back.

Lower Back Release Yoga

Lower Back Release Yoga

This soft yoga flow with Ines is focused on low back release, it’s a gentle practice designed to relieve tension and promote relaxation in the lower spine.

Pre Surf Yoga Flow with Ines

Pre Surf Yoga Flow with Ines

In this 30-minute video, Ines will guide you through a pre-surf flow working on opening up the hips, shoulders, and spine, while also building strength and stability in key areas for better control on the surfboard.

Explosive HIIT Workout with Heather (Part 1)

Explosive HIIT Workout with Heather (Part 1)

Get ready to sweat with this high-energy HIIT session. Heather’s workout is all about pushing your limits and boosting your endurance. The exercises start off challenging and ramp up progressively to keep you motivated and building stamina.

Pilates for Surfers with Alex

Pilates for Surfers with Alex

This 15 minute Pilates for Surf workout will fire up your surfing muscles and lubricate your spine improving your paddling, pop-up and balance whilst in the waves.

Pilates Power Flow with Dani: Part I

Pilates Power Flow with Dani: Part I

Try this 25 minute Pilates Power Flow with Dani. Pilates is great for surfing because it helps build core strength, flexibility, balance, and endurance.

Surf Strong Pilates for Core

Surf Strong Pilates for Core

Move through this invigorating Pilates flow with Dani for a strong core. Dani took up Pilates to get better at surfing and she found it helped her in so many other ways.

Fired Up Workout Programme

Fired Up Workout Programme

Another high energy workout to get you hot, sweaty and fired up when the days are cold. There’s no time wasting with this workout, so be prepared to sweat!

Yoga for Positivity

Yoga for Positivity

This practice will focus on positivity, radiance and opening up your heart space.

Upper Body Strength Builder Workout with Heather

Upper Body Strength Builder Workout with Heather

Boost your upper body strength with Heather in this dynamic workout. Using dumbbells or household items, this session focuses on building the arm, shoulder, and back muscles essential for paddling.

HIIT Full Power with Claire

HIIT Full Power with Claire

Get your heart racing and your body energised with Claire’s 25-minute high-intensity HIIT workout. This explosive session will leave you sweaty, strong, and ready to handle anything the day or surf throws at you.

Full Body Endurance Workout with Tee

Full Body Endurance Workout with Tee

Feel strong, steady, and confident with Tee’s full-body strength and endurance session. This 25-minute workout targets all muscle groups to prepare your body and mind for peak performance in the surf.

Explosive HIIT with Heather (Part 3)

Explosive HIIT with Heather (Part 3)

Heather’s final explosive HIIT session takes your fitness and surfing to the next level.This progressive workout combines intensity with endurance, ensuring you’re ready to tackle longer surf sessions with confidence.

Core Yoga Flow with Holly

Core Yoga Flow with Holly

Ignite your core and lower body with this 25-minute yoga flow led by Holly. Designed to enhance your flexibility and build strength in the areas crucial for surfing, this session will leave you feeling grounded.

Explosive HIIT Workout with Heather (Part 2)

Explosive HIIT Workout with Heather (Part 2)

Take it up a notch with the second installment of Heather’s HIIT program. This challenging session is designed to further push your endurance limits, helping you last longer in the water and feel stronger after every session.

Lower Body Strength Workout with Heather

Lower Body Strength Workout with Heather

Level up your strength training with Heather’s lower-body workout designed to target your legs, glutes, and hips. Using dumbbells (or household items like canned goods or water bottles), this session builds the power you need for surfing.

Core Power in 10 with Claire

Core Power in 10 with Claire

No time to spare? This 10-minute core-focused session with Claire packs a punch. Using just three targeted moves, this workout strengthens essential core muscles to suit everyone from beginner to advanced surfer.

Surf Strong Workout with Tee

Surf Strong Workout with Tee

Feel unstoppable with Tee’s invigorating 25-minute full-body strength workout. This session will leave you feeling supercharged and ready to tackle your next surf session with newfound power and confidence.

Explosive HIIT Workout with Heather (Part 1)

Explosive HIIT Workout with Heather (Part 1)

Get ready to sweat with this high-energy HIIT session. Heather’s workout is all about pushing your limits and boosting your endurance. The exercises start off challenging and ramp up progressively to keep you motivated and building stamina.

Total Body Boost with Claire

Total Body Boost with Claire

Claire will guide you through a session designed to engage all your muscles while improving strength, balance, and stability.

10 Minute Surf Strong Workout Programme

10 Minute Surf Strong Workout Programme

Short on time? No worries, we’ve gathered a few quick but effective 10-minute workouts that will enhance your surfing skills and easily fit into a busy schedule.

Surf HIIT Workout Programme

Surf HIIT Workout Programme

Surfing requires bursts of high energy output for example during paddling. Building up your aerobic endurance will help you to paddle longer without fatigue, and improve your ability to catch more of waves. Give these workouts a go.

Progressive Surf HIIT Workout Series

Progressive Surf HIIT Workout Series

This week we have a Progressive Workout Series, which will get harder as you get stronger. 30 minutes of surf-specific muscular strength and endurance training, focusing on challenging and improving our on-land surf fitness, which will have you surfing longer and with more power!

Foundations to Surf Workout Programme

Foundations to Surf Workout Programme

Surfing is physically demanding, requiring strength, endurance, balance, and flexibility. Here we take a look at workouts to help you with your overall fitness and strength for surfing.

September Sessions Workout Programme

September Sessions Workout Programme

It’s September which usually means waves and warmer water so we need to keep up our surf fitness to enable us to surf as much as possible this month. Let’s do it!

Absolute Abs

Absolute Abs

25 MINUTES  Absolute Abs A strong core helps stabilize your body, allowing you to move in any direction with proper balance, and preventing falls by supporting your body… a must for surfing! Absolute Abs will set your core on fire as Heather takes you through a series...

Surfer’s Power Session

Surfer’s Power Session

Increase your surf fitness levels with this powerful surf strength and endurance workout with Tee.

We’re Gonna Make You Sweat Programme

We’re Gonna Make You Sweat Programme

This week we’re getting sweaty with cardio workouts designed to turn the heat up, which will ultimately contribute to better performance in the surf.

Strong Woman Workout Programme

Strong Woman Workout Programme

Surfing requires significant upper body strength for paddling, core strength for stability, and lower body strength for manoeuvring the board. This week we’re targeting workouts which focus on these areas to enhance your overall power and endurance. Let’s go!

Muscle Strength & Endurance Workout

Muscle Strength & Endurance Workout

Test your muscular strength and endurance with this high energy workout which will help you make the most out of your sessions in the water.

Strong Upper Body for Surf Workout

Strong Upper Body for Surf Workout

Power up your paddling power with this quick upper body routine, focusing on arms, shoulders, and back. Get ready to catch those waves with ease!

Feel the Burn Fitness Programme

Feel the Burn Fitness Programme

This week we’re feeling the burn to improve our surfing potential. Low-impact, strength building exercises will improve muscular strength, which plays a crucial role in enhancing your performance on the waves and prevents injuries, which are all too easily done when you’re surfing.

Weekend Warrior Workout

Weekend Warrior Workout

30 MINUTES  Weekend Warrior Workout Boost your energy levels with this effective workout with Tee which will help to maximise your time in the water, especially if you can’t get to the surf regularly. Get ready to move, let’s go!For more workouts like this, hit the...

Natural Balance & Agility for Surfers

Natural Balance & Agility for Surfers

Incorporating flexibility and mobility workouts into your training regime can help improve your surfing, by reducing the risk of injury, improving your pop ups and paddling mobility. Here Emilia takes us through a low impact workout to get you limbered for surfing.

Flexibility for Surfers Yoga Flow

Flexibility for Surfers Yoga Flow

Join Yaiza in an effective Flexibility for Surfers yoga flow. This low impact workout will give your body a good stretch which will enhance the range of motion in your joints, making it easier for you to move dynamically when you’re surfing.

Speedy Upper & Lower Body Programme

Speedy Upper & Lower Body Programme

In this surf fitness roundup we prioritise Upper and Lower Body Workouts aimed at fortifying your strength for surfing. We’ve programmed six workouts, each 10 minutes long.

Lower Body for Surfers

Lower Body for Surfers

Give this simple but effective 10 minute workout a go. Here Emilia is focussing on the lower body which is the power house of strength for good surfing meaning you’ll more control on the waves for turns and manoeuvres.

Mobility For Surfers

Mobility For Surfers

Join Tee in this mobility sequence, which will limber up your body and help you to feel more free next time you’re surfing.

8 Reasons to Improve your Mobility for Surfing

8 Reasons to Improve your Mobility for Surfing

We hear a lot about 'mobility' but what does it actually mean and how will it help our surfing? Mobility is the ability to move freely and easily - it's about being able to move your body with control through a range of motions, without being restricted. It's having...

Full Body Surf Ready Mobility

Full Body Surf Ready Mobility

Try this full body surf mobility session workout with Emilia. Mobility workouts are essential for surfers as they help to prevent injury, improve balance and stability, increase arm and shoulder mobility for paddling and enhance overall manoeuvrability when you’re surfing.




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