Another good sprint workout is to cross a shipping channel perpendicularly when a tug with a large raft of barges is about half mile away, headed toward you at an undetermined rate of speed . . . Is adrenaline good for training, or bad? --Karl Coplan *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
"David Anderson" <squtch_at_quiet-like-a-panther.org> wrote: >I would also recommend doing some towing practice. Sounds like a polite means to suggest towing when one group member is holding everyone else up "Hey Shawn, would you mind if I tow you for awhile? I'm in training!" Better yet, if you're the trip leader, a good way to keep David slowed down and Shawn caught-up. Shawn Yahoo! Tax Center - online filing with TurboTax http://taxes.yahoo.com/ *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
If 15 seconds bursts of power, with 45 seconds of recover time, is the perfect workout... Then it seems to me that paddling with the waves and trying to catch a surf every now and then is the perfect workout! I'm going to find myself some nice waves, Niels. *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
Niels said: <<<< If 15 seconds bursts of power, with 45 seconds of recover time, is the perfect workout...Then it seems to me that paddling with the waves and trying to catch a surf every now and then is the perfect workout! I'm going to find myself some nice waves, >>>> I prefer paddling hard into 30-knot plus winds, head on for my "burst phase" than running back in with the following sea, turning seaward and repeating. With just the right wind speed/wave height, it not only is a whole lot of fun (nothing like the feeling of vectoring to make you think you are going faster than you really are and thereby encouraging more activity), you can also "hold" position directly into the wind or even get blow-back slowly with just a normal stroke rate, until you are ready for your next spurt. I do this for hours at a time on rough days. It is great training, combined with free-weight dumbbell lifting and core-strength training exercises. That was precisely the context I found myself in on the Storm Island trip where I had to tow someone for 6 hours in gale-force seas. I also found that that kind of training regime gave untold hours of extra stamina to deal with rough crossings at the end of a long days paddle in already rough weather. It works. Period. Doug (who is at the opposite end of the spectrum right now) *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
On Friday, April 12, 2002, at 10:28:31 AM PST, Doug Lloyd wrote: > I also found that that kind of training regime gave untold hours of > extra stamina to deal with rough crossings at the end of a long days > paddle in already rough weather. It works. Period. I concur. I do *exactly* the kind of "playing" that you describe in your message - and it really is not only lots of fun, it's *great* exercise (without having to think of it as "work"). Melissa -- PGP public keys: mailto:pgp_keys_at_gmx.co.uk?subject=0x46C29887&Body=Please%20send%20keys *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
On Friday, April 12, 2002, at 10:28:31 AM PST, Doug Lloyd wrote: > I also found that that kind of training regime gave untold hours of extra stamina to deal with rough crossings at the end of a long days paddle in already rough weather. It works. Period.< Melissa said: I concur. I do *exactly* the kind of "playing" that you describe in your message - and it really is not only lots of fun, it's *great* exercise (without having to think of it as "work"). Melissa - -- The extra stamina developed during "against-wind-paddling" does provide an extra margin of safety when you come right down to it. This isn't macho huff-puff stuff. The other fun exercise on calmer (i.e. no wind resistance) days is to do "heats" with your paddling partner(s). Two of us will go flat out until one of us says "give", then we take a break until the next moment presents itself. Drink plenty of liquids if you do this in the summer sun. A competitive spirit helps. You also get a chance to compare hull speeds, try shorter lengthened shafts, etc., depending upon the various permutations that the gear allows. I also have got some fine 4-hour workouts paddling in restricted channels against a current. This may sound boring to some, but by choosing the "right" spot (namely, where any slacking off your stroke will see you swept away where you don't want to go) you are forced into a long, committing fight against the current. Making it through, if you can, is a private jubilation beyond description. Again, this is all good, clean fun; great for exercise and developing endurance, speed, mental discipline and stamina. Doug *************************************************************************** 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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