I do take offence at that. "Chicken legs" or otherwise, true
sportsmen are not as concerned about their appearance as their
abilities. Moreover why would canoeists bother about what
bodybuilders think?
However I will concede to you that the lower body must be
trained to balance the upper body. This is what many canoeing and
dragonboat teams neglect.
Maybe I wasn't clear earlier... but dragon boaters are still ok
when they are in the CCA.
I saw them do runs and sprints to train up their cardiovascular
systems, so their legs are still trained in a way. Overall was
still ok.
It's after they quit the CCA, and continued their own training
themselves, that they neglect lower body training. That's where
such imbalances come in. Maybe not all neglect, but most do...
On the other hand, basketball, soccer and rugby players do train
themselves well overall in the weights room while in CCA on top of
sprints and runs.
