Swim In A Pool
Swimming is another great way to maintain your SUP fitness over the winter. If open water swimming in colder temperatures isn’t really your thing, why not hit your local pool and get splashing that way? Despite being a pretty low-intensity exercise, swimming is a great way to improve your stamina and improve your confidence before you venture out to new locations on your Red paddleboard when it gets a bit warmer. Plus, just being in the water is a great way to still unlock some of the glorious mindfulness benefits associated with paddleboarding as it takes you away from your daily routine and gets the body moving.
Try Home Workouts
Busy schedules are one of the reasons why many people decide to let their paddling take a backseat in the winter months. If you haven’t got time to pack up the car with your SUP and head to the water, you might also be struggling to fit in a trip to the gym or the pool. Fear not, it’s really easy to target the right muscles for SUP fitness with workouts at home.
Find a comfortable space and get your activewear on, then combine a number of different exercises that are great for paddleboarding. You shouldn’t need any specialist equipment and most can be done on your living room, making home workouts a great way to improve your SUP fitness without losing time travelling too and from your exercise location.
Pilates
When paddleboarding, your core plays a vital role in keeping you balanced and allowing you to power up as you make a stroke. Exercises to strengthen your core can be easily incorporated into your gym splits or home workout routine, but you might also wish to dedicate some real focus to your abdominal and oblique exercises as you maintain your SUP fitness in the off-season. Pilates is a particularly great way to give your core the focus it deserves. This type of exercise essentially revolves around flowing between different controlled movements to improve muscle tone and endurance.