Paddlers Kayak Yoga – KAYOGA by Katie Fankhouser | Jan 6, 2020 | Creeking, Instructional, Playboating, Whitewater, Whitewater Feature, Whitewater InstructionI have discovered the new best thing for my fellow hibernating kayakers. Yoga for paddlers. I call this kayak yoga… Kayoga! There is some sort of special bond between a paddler and their boats. I know I am not the only kayaker missing my kayak over the winter....
Increasing Mobility for Better Performance by samantharuppelt | Feb 17, 2018 | Uncategorized, WhitewaterWhen I think about whitewater kayakers having good mobility I kind of laugh a little to myself. Unless you consistently work on it, chances are shoving yourself into your boat has taken a toll on your mobility. In order to have the best control in your boat- whether...
Yoga for Paddlers| Shoulder Reach Through Stretch by Anna Bruno | Sep 12, 2014 | WhitewaterThe mark of a kayaker, more than the beat up hands or a twice broken nose, or even a vocabulary diminished to the adjectives of “brown” “stout” “sick”, would have to be the shoulders. The broad, muscular, possibly even overdeveloped, yet with a history of...
Yoga for Paddlers: Side Stretch for your Lower Back and Hip by Anna Bruno | Aug 18, 2014 | WhitewaterWhen we sit in a kayak, our hips are typically below our knees, and our pelvis is tilted forwards underneath our ribcage. This position causes your hipflexors your iliopsoas muscle strains to contract, and can put immense strain on your quadrutus lumborum, a muscle...
