--- In [email protected], joan1015 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Living, as we do, in a foreign land we only get a > month or less on the canals. > > That, coupled with our being retired, means we are > unfit, and getting "unfitter", for the paddlewinding, > and gate-swinging and rope hauling that are needed for > getting from A to B along the cut. > > So the question is: > > Exercises to build/tone muscles etc for the next trip? > Any physio-therapists, fitness people in this group > with a list of exercises or suggestions? Ideally, is > there already a list of same, already on a website? > > Earlier this year the Grand Union and its leaning over > paddle gears proved pretty daunting. An injury that > messes up a eagerly anticipated holiday I can do > without! > > Signed: Feeble of Nova Scotia
All I can say is steer clear of wide canals untill at least a week into youir holiday. I find most narrow canals far, far easier to work than the GU. Tony Brooks
