Hello! I have a question about training. My height is 2 meters. I train kayak, but I do not know how many kilos should I have for this season. Could you tell me! Thanks!

The most important thing in our sport is to move the boat forward, with yourself in it. To do so, you need a well proportioned body. There is no perfect height to weight ratio, the important thing is that you have to find what works best for you as a paddler. From experience, we’ve seen a lot of people restrained by their weight, but almost never because they were too light. A good way to know is to evaluate your capacity of doing body weights workouts such as chin-ups, push-ups, jump squats, sit ups and so on. Our sport needs a lot of core strength and great coordination. Don’t worry about your height or weight, focus on your balance and boat skills and work hard in the gym all year around. We’ve seen a lot of different body type winning at World’s. Adam van Koeverden and Tim Brabants won both a gold and silver medals at last year’s Worlds Championships in K1, and they have 13 cm height difference. What they have in common is their capacity to move their body weight while sitting in their boat. It doesn’t matter how tall or heavy you are, everyone has a chance!