Taking the devils advocate. All the legs do is anchor the lower body. If your butt doesn't move relative to the foot pegs, then all the legs are doing is anchoring the body so the power developed by the large torso muscles can be transferred into the paddle. You can drive your legs into the foot pegs all day and the boat won't move until you put the paddle into the water. You can also drive your legs for all you are worth and if you are arm paddling still not accomplish much. It is a wide wide world, but I have never seen or heard of a paddler actually using their leg power to rotate their hips in the seat. Most keep their butt relatively still in the seat and rotate at the base and lower part of the spine. It is a useful visualization, and for many causes them to assume a better posture, and do a better stroke, but it isn't where the power is coming from. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- When logic and proportion Have fallen softly dead, Remember what the dormouse said: "Feed your head. Feed your head. Feed your head" -WhiteRabbit *************************************************************************** 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 Mon Sep 06 2004 - 22:23:39 PDT
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