Re: [Paddlewise] Heavy cheap paddles and wrist problems

MATT MARINER BROZE wrote:

> So every stroke you lift that 1.3 kilo club of a paddle and both your heavy
> arms up 30 to 40cm? How many strokes
>   do you make in a day? How much is that costing you in energy?

None. There is no transmission loss. I've explained that several times, 
and made an extra video that shows it.

  How much time
> and energy (and money) did you put
>   into making a paddle rest to help you hold up this beast of a paddle.

This "beast" of a paddle is just a small part of the total weight of my 
hands and arms - in _my_ measurements. The paddlerest mostly supports my 
arms, since they're the bigger weight.

  How
> much time
>   did you waste trying to come up with justifications as to how this weight
> helps
> you propel your kayak?

There's no need for personal attacks.

> Looking at the
> video of you paddling right feathered I see you bend your right wrist
> back to push the paddle. Likely this is what you have been taught to do (and
> I'll bet you also teach your students). Not only does that wrist bending mean
> that you have to lift that clunker paddle even higher, but once you get a
> lighter paddle, and will thus be able to save the
> energy you have been wasting lifting and holding it up, you will be able to
> use that
> saved energy to put a little more oomph in your paddle stroke and then the
> extra pressure on your
> bent right wrist may well result in a repetitive motion wrist injury.

Thanks for the input - I'll keep working on my stroke.
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