Charlottesville Area Paddling Gets Some Love

A new local magazine named Unbound hit the local newsstands today and I was happy to see our area’s paddling … More

Preparing for kayak racing season

It has been a late Spring in Central Virginia. I’ve only paddled ~40 actual water miles so far this year … More

I recently completed the instructional video on how to build your own kayak ergometer from a Nordic Track ski machine. … More

Just finished the first round of edits on my “How To Build It” video. I need to shoot a little … More

Feel free to skip to 26:42 where he starts talking about our trip and the indoor kayak training ergometer … More

I was very fortunate to be able to personally deliver the Tortorich Kayak Ergometer to Vinnie himself. There was a … More

I’ve completed my new, more compact design for the kayak ergometer. I call this model “The Tortorich Model” because this … More

Now that Gold’s Gym Charlottesville announced it is closing at the end of the month, I find myself in the … More

Celebrity fitness trainer and best selling author of Fitness Confidential, Vinnie Tortorich, has asked me to coach him through his … More

A few of my favorite exercises… Raised leg dumbbell flies: Raised leg dumbbell pullover: Reverse dumbbell fly: Barbell back squat: … More

Now that it is the off-season for kayaking, this evening I started building the next kayak ergometer from a NordicTrack … More

The weather in Central Virginia was very hot today and I was pressed for time to squeeze in a workout … More