Hi Everyone, thanks for a lot of helpful input both here and off list, and please forgive my late response. Almost everyone suggested that I shouldn't lean back and that I need to work on my stomach muscles. I have started doing situps before going to bed and some leg lifts in my office when no one is looking. I have decided to work on correct posture as well as foot brace and seat back positioning before looking into a new paddle. I am just beginning to realize that I have a lot to work on. I am a avid biker and commute half of the week on a road bike which feels very comfortable to me now, but when I think back (more than 20 years) , I realize this only became to be so after a lot of adjustments, a few months time, and after certain muscles were built up. I guess I have quite a lot to look forward to! Thanks again! I'll report after I get back from a few hours paddling on Sunday. Shin -- *************************************************************************** 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 Thu Nov 30 2006 - 04:44:46 PST
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