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Hi watersports buffs! Please help me out here.
I’m technique-training with lagoon paddlers this month but want to progress to all-day and multi-day kayaking as soon as I can. Mainly flat river water to start with, but rougher water eventually.
I like hiking and wonder how much fitter I need to get for the kayaking. I maintain good cardio fitness for the hiking – running, interval training, etc. But I’m not as strong as the people, mainly men, who I want to go kayaking with. I can barely do 10 push ups on my toes.
How strong and fit should I try to become so that I could handle any situation and keep up with the group? I used to be a strong swimmer, but don’t live near a pool to swim laps anymore. Should I invest in a rowing machine? What kind of specifications should I look for in the machine?
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The fact is, a rowing machine is always a good piece of cardio and strenght equipment, but the strength and muscle you need for paddling is not developed from a rowing machine. Look at the motion used for each and will become quite obvious. The best way to become fit for paddling is, quite simply, to paddle…often. There is no substitute.
I have a Bowflex, and in the off season I do every push/pull/twist exercise I can come up with. It seems to help, but I still hit the water as soon as I can.
Having good solid cardio will help immensley. The next step is about technique. Make sure you use your legs with each stroke, and rotate solidly from the hip with each placement of the blade in the water. Kayaking isn’t about brute strength – I’ve seen big muscle bound men burn themselves out with poor technique. If you can maintain proper technique throughout the paddle, your cardio will carry you through.
You can actually achieve the results you want without spending money on a rowing machine. Actually, the rowing machine won’t target the muscles you need. The machine to get would be a Kayak Ergo or KayakPro Speedstroke, neither are very cheap.
Any core / abs workout will help to strengthen your stroke and increase your endurance, and you can work with stretch / resistance bands and a kettle ball to build the core muscles and your lats without investing a bunch of money in machines.
Your best bet is to keep up the cardio, add in some larger muscle building moves for your core and lats, and get on the water as much as possible. Paddling the kayak is going to be the best training. Get someone from your technique training to paddle with you for a few hours each weekend, and gradually build up the time from there.
And, regarding the “handle any situation” question – I hope that your trechnique training involves self rescues, assisted rescues and general safety? If not – you must get some training in that too! If in the end of a long run, you cannot keep up, and you capsize – will you know what to do? That’s the most important thing.
Just curious: How much distance are you covering each day, and where’s your destination?