Re: [Paddlewise] Improving the Forward Stroke

Not heresy, but in trying to imagine what you are saying, it seems to me incompatible with effective rotation.  Clarify?


>  I like to vary my 
> paddlingstyle while touring (to work different muscles) and have 
> experimented with
> the technique of not pushing at all with my "pushing" arm (and 
> even pulling
> with both arms simultaneously, even though it doesn't fit into a 
> rhythm very
> well), and felt it actually generated more thrust per unit of 
> muscle energy,
> although it would obviously fatigue your "pulling" arm 
> significantly more to
> do this style all day.  Is this heresy?
> 
> Evan Dallas
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