Strength Training for Paddlers (Gig Harbor, WA) [Gig Harbor Canoe Kayak Race Team]

Want to paddle faster or more efficient? We follow our paddlers into the weight room and learn a few cross training techniques from Coach Dimitri. Our coaches are happy to share this information to help grow the sport here in the US and around the world. GHCKRT coaching staff works with the team and individual paddlers to help them paddle faster, safer, and injury free! Born and raised in Hawaii Dimitri was drawn to the water at a young age. Unless he was forced he was found either swimming, surfing, fishing, or skin diving. Through the years his love for the water grew into becoming a deep-sea fisherman, certified rescue diver , life Guard, an all-around waterman. In traditional Hawaiian style he also paddled outrigger canoe and found a new passion for a team sport that can never be matched. In 2013 he moved to Gig Harbor where he met his wife and started a new job. From his career as a senior project engineer in construction to starting a new career in the fitness community as a barbell