On 20 Sep 2004 at 21:37, Chuck Holst wrote: > I just conducted a thought experiment. I sat in my kayak and moved my > paddle back and forth as vigorously as possible, sending my O2 intake > and my heart rate way up, yet I didn't go anywhere. Does this mean I > have a poorly designed paddle, a poorly designed kayak, or a very poor > paddling style? Even if you could measure a consistent output and > speed, how could you be sure of a consistent style? Both John and you have raised the same objection. It's perfectly valid. I mentioned in a previous post that based on my own training diary, I know that consistency is not something you can achieve. My thought experiment would conclude that you are more likely to measure the variation in paddler performance more than the variation in paddle performance. The main reason: I don't think that some paddles differ enough to measure compared to the paddler. Unless you could measure enough to factor out these variables in paddler performance, testing in this manner will only be useful in a very crude comparison of significantly different paddles. Mike *************************************************************************** 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 Tue Sep 21 2004 - 10:07:57 PDT
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