There are direct healthy benefits of kayaking. A recent 2018 scientific study as published by the National Institutes of Health online database is specific. Healthy aspects of kayaking increase w paddlers age. A few key areas to dial in: warmup exercises, actual paddle, and a cool-down when done paddling. Take Home Points from the study. If folks are interested in the entire study zap John Anderson, R.N., a note. ingvarja@verizon.net