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Kayaking

Kayaking. By: Ashley Youngs. What you need to go Kayaking:. Kayak Paddle Life Vest Helmet. Kayaks are easier to paddle solo for beginners. Kayaks are more maneuverable. Kayaks can keep gear dryer. Kayaks are faster- 2 blades are better than one!

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Kayaking

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  1. Kayaking By: Ashley Youngs

  2. What you need to go Kayaking: Kayak Paddle Life Vest Helmet

  3. Kayaks are easier to paddle solo for beginners. • Kayaks are more maneuverable. • Kayaks can keep gear dryer. • Kayaks are faster- 2 blades are better than one! • Kayaks can handle rougher conditions. • Kayaks are lighter to carry and easier to load on a roof rack. • Kayaks have rudders to compensate for wind and currents. • Kayaks allow the paddle to be closer to the water

  4. Kayaking gives you a low-impact cardio along with a rigorous muscular and strength workout. The more intense the waters you’re kayaking in, the harder your muscles will work. Paddling down a quiet stream will require a lot less work than trying to get through rapids without falling into the water.

  5. Upper Body Most of the major muscles in your upper body are involved in kayaking. Your shoulders and back muscles play a major role, because most of the effort to paddle should come from these areas, and not from your arms. The latissimus dorsi muscles -- which run from your middle back, over your ribs and toward the side of your body, under your arms -- help give power to your stroke, especially in rough waters. The rear deltoid and the trapezius muscles on your back are involved in forward strokes, and you use these muscles to roll when you have to right a capsized kayak.

  6. Core Muscles: The core muscles are those in the middle of your body, in the abdominal and lower back regions. Major muscles that form part of the core include the transverses abdomens, the internal and external oblique and the erector spine, the muscles that run along the sides of your spine. Core muscles are essential for kayaking, because of the many torso twists required to maneuver while you're in the water.

  7. Lower Body: The hip flexors help the body rock forward and backward to complete a paddle stroke into the water. When kayaking, you also use your legs to push against the floor of the kayak to help improve stability and give your core muscles strength. This works the hamstrings and the quadriceps muscles.

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