RE: [Paddlewise] Doug Loyd, Back Question?

First, I want to thank everyone  for all of your informative
contributions to Paddlewise. I like the notion of Paddlewise as a
marketplace for ideas, just like economic markets bring the best
products and services to the forefront.   
  
For 25 years I ran framing crews, and found that my back muscles were
getting too strong relative to my Abs, so I did lots of situps to
balance the Abs=no probs.  Now, its the other way round, with WW & SK
padling  in summer and mostly SK paddling in winter and situps, my Abs
are the stronger.  Maybe this balance theory (back vs abs) is out of
date?  I was wondering what a Bulgarian pushup is? Are there any other
back exercises that have helped.  

Recently, I ripped out the factory seatback on my Northwest, and
replaced it with a 6" wide sea kayak backband made by Rapid-Pulse, 
(www.rapid-pulse.com) in Colorado here.  I should have done that
_before_ taking a 600-mile trip in Baja last winter, with 20nm days. It
makes a huge difference in back comfort.   

Perhaps, to complement all the discussion of fine technical points of
boats, we could use a thread on training and maintaining the human
machine that powers our craft.  

Doug, I hope your able to get your back in condition soon for paddling.  
Regards,

Jay Gingrich
Alma, CO
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