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make a backrest for that seat

Posted By: Paul G. Jacobson
Date: Monday, 13 December 2004, at 9:47 p.m.

In Response To: Materials for home-made paddling exercise machine *LINK* (Robert N Pruden)

Your posture will not be the same for paddling as for rowing. While your rowing machine frame has footpegs, which should serve you nicely, remember that a kayak seat has a back support. If you don't keep your back supported on your trainer in the smae amnner that youw ould do so in a real kayak, then you may find that you try to "paddle" by rhythmically moving back and forth at the hips. In effect it would be a mix of a paddle effort and a rowing effort. Who knows if that mix of movements would actually help you.

Why not just park the kayak facing a wall and mount your exercise equipment to the wall alongside the bow? You could take advantage of a rounded hull to allow you to tilt and sway a bit. Mount a shelf on the wall right above the bow and install a TV. Play some videos of sea movies and you might feel like you are out on the ocean. :)

PGJ

PGJ

Messages In This Thread

Materials for home-made paddling exercise machine *LINK*
Robert N Pruden -- Friday, 10 December 2004, at 7:56 p.m.
Re: Materials for home-made paddling exercise mach *LINK*
Paul Jacob -- Saturday, 11 December 2004, at 12:08 a.m.
3044 interesting things! *LINK*
droklally -- Saturday, 16 August 2008, at 10:35 p.m.
SPAM *NM*
Bill Hamm -- Sunday, 17 August 2008, at 1:52 a.m.
Re: home-made paddling exercise machine *LINK*
Brad Farr -- Monday, 13 December 2004, at 5:30 p.m.
Re: home-made paddling exercise machine
Robert N Pruden -- Monday, 13 December 2004, at 5:52 p.m.
Re: home-made paddling exercise machine
mike allen -- Monday, 13 December 2004, at 8:33 p.m.
Re: home-made paddling exercise machine
KenB -- Monday, 13 December 2004, at 8:17 p.m.
California Weather
Robert N Pruden -- Tuesday, 14 December 2004, at 11:37 a.m.
Uh oh ...
Pamela -- Tuesday, 14 December 2004, at 10:36 p.m.
Snow
Robert N Pruden -- Thursday, 16 December 2004, at 10:00 a.m.
make a backrest for that seat
Paul G. Jacobson -- Monday, 13 December 2004, at 9:47 p.m.
Re: make a backrest for that seat
Robert N Pruden -- Tuesday, 14 December 2004, at 11:42 a.m.
Re: Materials for home-made paddling exercise mach *LINK*
Rich Hayes -- Friday, 6 April 2007, at 9:35 p.m.
Not only was my idea extremely cheap by comparison
Robert N Pruden -- Monday, 16 April 2007, at 8:02 p.m.

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