4liters wrote:cheaterparts wrote:DougieK wrote:cheaterparts wrote:
That being said there's only one way to build up to it and thats do the miles
If you guys are interested I can link up a mostly bodyweight based strength program that I recommend to a lot of my Martial Arts students who dont' have the money or time to lift weights but still want to get stronger. It's more power based but still useful if you've got 45 mins three days a week and want improve.
Thanks Dougie but I would break these days if I did to much exersize ( I'm getting old and Feeble ) - I'll stick to paddling low impact and lifts the heart rare enough
Weight/resistance training is one of the best things you can do to look after your body as you get older fyi
Its really good for stuff like arthritis and bone density. Just make sure you use good form, try to train your whole body evenly (e.g. don't do heaps of chest and ignore your back) and don't push yourself too hard if you're worried about getting injured.
I have no dout you are right and yes back in the eighties I did a lot of weight training more for the sport I was in at the time These days by the time I get home from work ( which is at times quite heavy work ) any outside exersize program would be the last thing on my mind
however to get back to what I was pointing out to David - fitness and match fitness are different things , paddling or pedaling at kayak uses different mussel groups to most other trianing
covering say 5 km Warnett to say the eagle ( return trip into a head wind and maybe a run off tide )
myself that would take around an hour maybe a bit less -- an inexperienced paddler could easy take twice that maybe more
So how fit would you think you would need to be to paddle hard for 2 hours with out a break -- I know I can if need be and at about 6.5 kph most new guys can't ( trust me I fish with a lot of new guys much younger and fitter than me that don't keep up )
We as kayak fishos are fishermen first and kayakers second as a rule , so have bad form and paddling technique then use mussel groups we don't normally train
miles on the water and over time you build up to greater distances - picking up your paddling technique helps you last longer all part of match fitness
The real scary thing is when you see the new guys that buy a cheap bad designed kayak that doesn't track and is so slow that even a good paddler would get in trouble