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Kite Surfing Fitness Broken Down

Kitesurfing is an activity that has seen vast increases in its popularity lately. Incredibly, the sport is seeing its participation levels rise faster than all other water sports according to the sport’s national governing body. It is also one of the fastest growing extreme sports overall, and it seems people are ditching their snowboards in favour of kites, as snowboarding growth has recently been overtaken by this great sport . You’re going to need your body to be in great shape however if the sport is one you would like to take up seriously. These main areas are where your fitness focus should be.

• Upper Body Strength. This is often considered one of the most vital fitness elements that you need to develop. 80% of the work you’ll be doing in the water will come from the upper body and you will need to really develop those muscles if you want to stay in control of the kite. Your “deltoids” or shoulder muscles are the main ones that need developing. These act as stabilising muscles and also have to control a lot of force through the arms. Also focus on the pectoral muscles and those of the upper back

• Core Strength. Because the sport is so dynamic and is largely focused around controlling body weight, your core strength will need to be great. A core stability ball is a very useful piece of equipment to use to develop core strength. You will probably have to add weights into you core workouts though in order to replicate the strains you will experience whilst out on the water. Often the kite will want to pull you in a direction you do not want to go so it will be your developed core strength that will let you remain planted

• Aerobic Fitness. Whilst the sport might not appear to be aerobically based, you will still need to work on your heart and lungs. Because so much demand will be put on lots of different muscles, they will be requiring vast amounts of oxygen and producing lots of carbon dioxide and lactic acid. You will feel the effects quite early on if you lungs and heart cannot feed the muscles with oxygen quickly enough and remove harmful bi-products at a steady rate. Running or swimming are great ways to work on your cardiovascular system.

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