Welcome to Paddling Fitness. This will be a site dedicated to discussions on getting in shape for canoeing and kayaking and all things related to fitness for outdoor activities. A little about myself: I am a Physical Therapist and a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist through the National Strength and Conditioning Association, so I bring an educated view to this topic. But its more than the education I bring to this topic, for paddling is one of my many passions and central to these passions is the need to stay in shape. I live for the outdoors and I never want to find myself in a position where I can't do what I love. Of course there will come a day when I hang up the paddle for the final time, no longer fill the bike tires, and run my last race, but I want to make sure I can do what I love for as long as I can. I treat injuries for a living and see what happens when people do things they just can't handle. I see the pain and frustration. Whats amazing though, is how little people think about fitness. We take our bodies for granted and rarely stop to ask the most fundamental question: can I physically handle what I'm about to do? Am I fit to do this activity?
I have to admit I'm not a fitness junky. I don't workout for workout's sake. I don't worry about how much I'm bench pressing (you shouldn't be doing that exercise anyway, but that's for a later post.), what my body fat percentage is or how defined my triceps are. It's not about numbers, but about ability -ability to do the things I want to do for as long as I can. Its as simple as this.
So bookmark this site and check in every now and then. Hopefully, you'll learn a thing or two about getting in shape for paddling and about fitness in general.
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