So, someone who has his own blog fanned mine and I started reading his blog and was reminded of some wisdom from it. He has a video of a friend playing soccer with his dog. He reminds us of when we were kids and we just played for fun and didn't think of it as conditioning.
Here is a link to his blog:
http://fightconditioninglifeconditioning.typepad.com/blog/2014/11/working-out-with-stewie.html
I certainly hope that you are able to reconnect with this paddling for fun and getting conditioning at the same time, without trying to. Paddling is fun! Don't make it all serious. This is a fantastic sport that is thoroughly enjoyable!
Hopefully, you don't have to be reminded of this. If you do, you need to reconnect with the fun part of paddling. Our sport is a blast. If you can't do the fun part of our sport, such as if you only have a pool to paddle in part of the year, make it fun!
Play with it. Paddle your boat upside down in the pool. Swim with your boat upside down with your head in the cockpit. Do enders in the pool by having someone push you over.
The point is that at least some of the time, return to your childhood, where play and exercise were not 2 separate things. When you didn't plan out your workouts, but just played and enjoyed the movement. Paddling is a fun sport. Keep it that way!
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