How Vital Is Your Fitness For Kite Surfing?

The popularity of kitesurfing has seen staggering growth recently. 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 in general, and it seems people are ditching their snowboards in favour of kites, as snowboarding growth has recently been overtaken by this great sport . If you want to take up the activity however, you're body better be in pretty good condition. Here are the elements that should be high on your priority list.

• Upper Body Strength. This is arguable the most important element of your body fitness that you will need to work on. A vast amount of the forces you will experiences when taking part go through the upper body and these will be muscles you will need to focus on if you're to stand any chance. 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 pay attention to the muscle of the upper back and the major pectorals

• Core Strength. Because the sport is so dynamic and is largely focused around controlling body weight, your core strength will need to be great. Using a Swiss Ball is one way to effectively develop core muscle efficiency. 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 most people may not think the sport is aerobically based, work will still need to done on your lungs and heart. Various muscles groups will be under pressure constantly and so will be screaming out of large quantities of oxygen and will likely be producing substantial amounts of lactic acid and CO2. You will get tired pretty quickly if your heart and lungs are not up to the job and cannot provide the muscles with oxygen and remove waste products rapidly. Running or swimming are great ways to work on your cardiovascular system.

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