John said : I found for my advanced age and lack of flexibility I couldn't even think of getting something from the day hatch without turning over. John - Flexibility is not carved in stone. [Bad pun intended] It can be increased by just a little daily practice. Three or four times a day while sitting in a chair point your knees forward and twist your upper body around to look behind you WHILE PRESSING YOUR LEFT HAND HARD AGAINST THE OUTSIDE OF YOUR RIGHT KNEE WHILE LOOKING RIGHT AND VICE VERSA TO LOOK LEFT. You'll feel a pleasant stretching sensation in your waist area. After a week I guarantee increased flexibility. And, eventually, you should be able to stick your head into the day hatch, you'll be so limber. [kidding again] Middle Aged Jim Tibensky _________________________________________________________________ MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos: http://photos.msn.com/support/worldwide.aspx *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
To all "Middle Aged" Paddlewisers: Though I don't play golf near as often as I'd like, I've found, at age 54, that the odd hour at a driving range does wonders for maintaining flexibility. One club pro even mentioned a while back that if there is a major problem with my golf swing, it is that I over-rotate my body. Fact is that swinging a golf club helps with flexibility and also with alleviating frustration by wacking the devil out of those little white pills. ;-) Dave G. The Poquoson, Va paddler who hates mindless exercise At 09:13 4/24/02, James Tibensky wrote: >Flexibility is not carved in stone. [Bad pun intended] It can be >increased by just a little daily practice. Three or four times a day while >sitting in a chair point your knees forward and twist your upper body >around to look behind you WHILE PRESSING YOUR LEFT HAND HARD AGAINST THE >OUTSIDE OF YOUR RIGHT KNEE WHILE LOOKING RIGHT AND VICE VERSA TO LOOK >LEFT. You'll feel a pleasant stretching sensation in your waist >area. After a week I guarantee increased flexibility. And, eventually, >you should be able to stick your head into the day hatch, you'll be so >limber. [kidding again] > >Middle Aged Jim Tibensky *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
John writes:>>> That question I asked about defining the ultimate "Intro to Kayaking" class > didn't get much interest. Michael Noyes had some very good suggestions but > one thing that it didn't include was some stretching prior to getting in > the boats to start paddling. > There is an issue that should be addressed if you are teaching beginners and stretching is introduced. What about the student who comes over after class and says "Ever since you told me to do this (demos stretch) my (insert body part) has been real sore and I think I may of torn something." We do ROM (Range Of Motion) drills and recommend they adapt a good stretch program, after consulting a doctor. If you want to be safe leave stretching to a yoga class or professionally run course with a doc's OK. Plus a good stretch is best done on a very warm body. As in sweating. I don't have time to get everyone up to temp AND go though a semi-complete stretch program. I'm more interested in getting them into the water and then slowly warming up. Steve professional kayaker *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
Once you learn to use a day hatch you will never want a boat without one. It's a great place to store many things and the flexibility to reach it _at_ sea is not a problem for most. It's _at_ shore where 90% of the day hatch opening happens anywho! IMHO, of course. steve professional kayaker *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
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