Jim Plaia wrote: > Does anyone have any experience with paddle trainers? I've seen websites for > two of them; one link follows: > http://www.pogies.com/speedstroke/html/index.htm > > The question I'm hoping to answer is how well these allow you to simulate a > real paddle stroke. For some very long winded reasons, my wife needs to find > a good way to get an aerobic workout without needing to flex her knees > continuously. She's also in good enough shape that she needs more muscle > groups working than just her arms to get a good workout. We've talked about > using kayaking as a workout but for several months of the year finding open > water that hasn't frozen is a bit difficult. The trainer looks like you can > get some rotation from the hip up but I'm not sure if the foot tie-downs are > enough or if we'd need to assemble some sort of thigh straps to get good > rotation and engage the thighs. 1. No indication of size. It appears to need a space about 8 x 5 feet, maybe oval with those as maximums, but non-trivial overall. 2. Expensive if you aren't sure it will work. 3. This looks to be as good as other machines simulate dynamic movements, but you never really know. 4. There are lots of ways to exercise with minimal knee strain (he says from 30 years experience). She may wish to examine other possibilities. The real key is understanding what the individual pair of knees can and can't do. In nearly all cases, doing noting withthem willmake them worse with time. For example, X-C ski machines are quite reasonable (excellent used NordicTraks for $2-300) and the motion is usually good for most knees. GaryJ *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************Received on Sat Feb 07 2004 - 09:48:31 PST
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