What part of your foot should rest on the footpegs? The ball of your foot? Or closer to the instep? Is this a matter of taste? Or is bracing helped by one over the other? Should your heels be resting on the hull for comfort? Is is better to have your feet angled out or closer to up-and-down? If you like your pegs low, is there any significant penalty for having a couple of footpeg track screw heads (per side) below the waterline (well caulked, of course)? Ken Cooperstein *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
In a message dated 3/19/00 12:16:01 PM, cprstnc1_at_optonline.net writes: << What part of your foot should rest on the footpegs? The ball of your foot? Or closer to the instep? Is this a matter of taste? Or is bracing helped by one over the other? Should your heels be resting on the hull for comfort? Is is better to have your feet angled out or closer to up-and-down? >> Generally the ball of the foot rests on the footpeg. This is for comfort as well as power, you can push with your foot and/or your leg as the need arises. As you place your arch or heel on the peg you lose some subtlety of touch at the peg. Resting you heel on the hull is natural and allows you to rest your leg with knee's bent and hence is the ideal position. People generally adjust the angle of their legs from toes up to toes out _at_ about 45° during a trip so their legs won't cramp. The most powerful is toes out, affording your knees better access to the gunwales of your boat which best supports any required bracing. The ideal position is knees bent, leg rotated toes out, foot at a neutral 90° to the shin and the balls of the feet supported, heels slightly lower than the butt is a nod to modern society that sits in chairs rather than on the ground. Best is butt as low as possible. Of course, all of this is only one man's opinion Good Luck, Jed *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
>The ideal position is knees bent, > leg rotated toes out, foot at a neutral 90° to the shin and the balls of the > feet supported, heels slightly lower than the butt is a nod to modern society > that sits in chairs rather than on the ground. Best is butt as low as > possible. > > Of course, all of this is only one man's opinion > > Good Luck, Jed ===================== i wonder if this position with legs rotated while pushing on footpegs can contribute to hip problems... i don't normally walk or bike with my legs rotated like that. is it really ok to sit like that and be happy paddling my kayak.... mile after mile. 2 paddlers in our group are getting new hips joints. any other kayakers out there got(or developing) hip problems? bye bye bliven *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
In a message dated 3/20/00 3:04:37 AM, foxhill_at_shore.intercom.net writes: << i wonder if this position with legs rotated while pushing on footpegs can contribute to hip problems... i don't normally walk or bike with my legs rotated like that. is it really ok to sit like that and be happy paddling my kayak.... mile after mile. >> Hi Larry, While sitting on the floor with your legs relaxed. What position do your legs naturally relax into? This is not at all like walking or even sitting in a chair. I would be surprised to hear that kayaking causes any kind or hip problem. Although I have little doubt that someone with a hip problem could find the kayaking position quite uncomfortable to endure for any length of time. Jed *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
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