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I agree with this too. While I am not a seasoned canoe tripper by any stretch I have been mostly active and athletic my entire life...

I smashed the like button! Keep it going Robin!

I put together a short video of my goings on here in Maine this past year. Some work on a couple of wood canoes, a couple of easy trips...

Robin - Always admired your videos of deer hunting at Lows Lake. Loved watching your stove & tent "in action" while you were out on...

I’m getting my outfit ready for an ice out trip to northern Maine later this month, coming up on 100 nights in this tent. This little...

Well, in the interest of full disclosure, I have to confess that I misunderstood the standings displayed on the fancy video exercise...

You can certainly get your heart rate up in a canoe if you want to. When I first started kayak/canoe racing I found it very...

I've found that paddling requires far less cardio vascular fitness than my other sports. But I think that depends on how powerful a...

I am pretty young at 57. So for canoe tripping conditioning I utilize walking the hilly terrain of our woods with my dog Jake. He has...

I'm a wimp compared to you triathalon runners, but I do have a workout that improves my paddling fitness. I had an incident 6 or 7...

You wouldn’t necessarily know it by looking at me but I’m into running and triathlons. Done 3 marathons thus far and do at least 2...

My last gig before retirement was a native plant landscaping company. I used to use a big steel landscape rake for leveling and...

I can tell you what kind of training doesn’t go with paddling...powerlifting! Which is how I train...big quads go numb while kneeling...

A seasoned veteran probably wouldn't need as much pre trip training as a beginner. This stuff hardens you. I've seen young healthy guys...

The replies so far seem to confirm the old sayings, "use it or lose it", "you are what you eat" and "sleep well live long". G.