Power to the Paddle Book – PaddlingExercises.com – Canoe and Kayak Paddling Exercises

“Power to the Paddle: Exercises to Improve your Canoe and Kayak Paddling“, is now available in print and digital format on Amazon.com.

Buy Power to the Paddle

Power to the Paddle is packed with fitness guidance and complete descriptions and photos of more than 50 exercises to improve your abilities and help you enjoy your time on the water.

The concepts and exercises in this book have helped me be a better paddler and they can make a difference for you too. The exercises in this book with help you:

Reduce tension in your shoulders and low back
Use the power of your torso to create leverage to use less energy with each stroke
Have the endurance to handle long days in the boat
Drive through the toughest waves or whitewater
Protect your body against common paddling injuries
Improve your balance and agility (so you’ll capsize less)
Use force generated from your lower body to make your paddling stroke more efficient
Carry your boat more comfortably when portaging
While you’re at it, you might even lose a few pounds. And who wouldn’t mind that?

Buy Power to the Paddle

The print version is available for $14.95.

If you have a PC, Mac, Kindle reader, iPad, iPhone, Android tablet, or any other device that can accept Kindle format books, you can get your copy today on the Amazon.com Kindle Store for only $9.99.

Power to the Paddle Companion DVD also available – 50+ video demonstrations of the exercises in the book

After you purchase your copy and begin to use the exercises in the book, please do me a favor and leave a review on Amazon.com to help my book climb the charts!

Happy paddling!

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Paddling The Blue Podcast

John Chase interviews inspiring paddlers from the US and across the globe doing great things from the seat of a kayak. If you want to learn about sea kayaking destinations, trips, and personalities from the world of paddle sports, we have you covered!

Today’s episode was recorded from the show floor at the annual Canoecopia show in Madison, Wisconsin. Billed as the world’s largest paddlesports expo, Canoecopia features more than 100,000 square feet of canoes, kayaks, kit, outfitters, everything you can imagine, plus more than 100 speakers on an incredible array of topics. I am honored to be one of those speakers and it’s one of my favorite events. Thanks to Chris Hipgrave and the entire P&H Pyranha kayaks team for making space in their booth to record this episode.

We’ve got a great lineup of guests for today’s episode. We’ll hear from:

Four time Olympian gold and bronze medalist Greg Barton sharing Olympic stories and what’s new from Epic Kayaks
Christy Kurtz from Paddle KC on what makes their club successful
Chloe Machula from Rutabaga Paddlesports with an inside look into Canoecopia
Bruce Furrer with Werner Paddles on the origins of Werner and where they are today
David Bain with Pyranha Mouldings and we’ll hear about the new lightweight sea kayaks and the new Reactr from Pyranha
Danny Mongno from NRS talking about the culture of the company and their newest addition to the PFD world
and Stig Larsson from Level Six on their new latex free drysuit

As a reminder, if you’re not already a subscriber to onlineseakayaking.com, James and Simon keep on adding to the menu. Their latest addition is on foraging. Visit onlineseakayaking.com and use the coupon code PTBPODCAST at checkout and you’ll get 10% off up to 12 months of your subscription investment.

Enjoy today’s episode from Canoecopia!