A new study in the August issue of The Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research looked at professional surfers to analyze the physical demands of the sport of surfing.
The study was led by Oliver Farley from New Zealand’s Auckland University of Technology. The goal of the study was to help competitive surfers fine-tune their strength and conditioning training.
The researchers studied 12 nationally-ranked surfers in New Zealand. The athletes were outfitted with GPS units and heart rate monitors and were filmed during a contest  … More