Craig wrote ............... A strong paddler with slow-twitch muscle structure would be far more likely to find a very long paddle useful.............. G'day Craig, Makes sense to me. Perhaps longer paddles might therefore be favoured by muscular older people, bearing in mind that fast twitch muscles atrophy faster with age in humans than slow twitch muscle fibres. And in lab animals at least theres a suggestion that slow twitch fibres increase with age to compensate. All the best, and good luck with your paddle construction, PeterO *************************************************************************** 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 Sun Jul 25 2010 - 05:46:25 PDT
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