Home practice / exercise.

[Atlas]

So for starters. I'm still very very new. I am in a probe 11. I have been kayaking for about 2 years now. but.. I started open boating at the end of this year. so I didn't really get to catch the season early enough to practice. Waters to low now to really go anywhere and practice. I would like to get as much practice in this winter as possible. Can't really get to the pool more than twice a month. So what I would like to do is.. find a way to practice/ build muscle and balance at home. I'm debating on getting one of those half yoga balls. or even trying on the full one I have straddiling the full size. Kneeling on the half one. getting a shovel handle/stick and attaching a large caster to the end of it and cutting it down to the length of my paddle and practicing braces on the garrage floor. or attaching an ab roller to the end of the stick so I can just practice building that muscle group extending out.. comming in... extending out... comming in. Can anyone see any problem with practicing that way? or it being detremental to my "muscle" memory? Developing a bad habbit in the process?

[Paddle Power]

Here are some links to paddling exercises. You'll have to filter out the kayaking specific exercises.

Paddling Training and Exercises

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http://www.rapidmedia.com/whitewater/ca ... 2015-10-25" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

http://www.rapidmedia.com/whitewater/ca ... -ever.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

http://www.rapidmedia.com/whitewater/ca ... rever.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

http://www.rapidmedia.com/whitewater/ca ... t-out.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

http://www.rapidmedia.com/whitewater/ca ... -pain.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

http://www.rapidmedia.com/rapid/categor ... 3-84847841" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;