Sailing Fitness

Sailing and Sports Fitness - Useful Links

Working on and keeping your sailing fitness is essential for sailing well and performing at any level.

Here are a selection of useful videos and articles on sailing fitness to help you in your sailing journey.

Hiking Masterclass with Nick Thompson

Top Tips for Hiking with Steve Cockerill

Hiking Tips by Paul Goddison

Sailing Fitness and Warm Up with Tim Jones

Using Hikingbench to Get Race Fit

The Cool Way to get race fit - Spend just 10 minutes a day on the hikingbench and notice a real difference in your hiking performance. You can improve your upper body strength at the same time by throwing a Swissball into the air and catching it whilst hiking.

Remember, good posture is really important to avoid long term injury and improve your sailing performance; practise good posture and it becomes a habit!