Everyday Systems: shovelglove: message 107 of 649

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Welcome to the group, Kevin.

Whaling on the tire sounds great. I wish I could get
away with that, but my neighborhood is just a little
too densely populated.

This, and the goanimal.com link that Chris posted (I
need to spend some more time poking around that site,
looks very interesting), make me think that there must
be a market for an "obstacle course" type gym, a place
well stocked with sledgehammers and tires, ropes to
climb, sand to shovel, buckets to haul, and insurance
up the wazoo. Sort of like a playground for adults. 

Reinhard

--- "T. Kevin Blanc" <t.k.blanc@...> wrote:
> For the past three weeks I've used shovelglove as
> the inspiration for
> my outdoor workout. I have an old tire (not on a
> rim), a back yard, a
> 10# sledge hammer, and a 4# setting sledge. You can
> guess what I do. 
> 
> Anyway, my 20 minute daily workout (which ends too
> quickly for my
> taste - this is addicting) consists of the
> following:
> 
> 50 hindu squats
> 
> 50 shoveling motion with each arm leading,
> "shoveling" the tire in a
> straight line (bump/pushing it)
> 
> 50 sideways swings, each hand on top, driving the
> tire (kind of like a
> baseball bat swing, but lower.
> 
> 50 overhead swings, each arm on top, rotating around
> the tire.
> 
> 50 two handed "ice breaking" swings, each arm on top
> (like churning
> butter, but with downward force, not allowing the
> hammer to rebound
> off the tire)
> 
> 50 one handed "ice breaking" swings, each arm alone.
> Big time bicep
> and tricep work.
> 
> 75 hammer strokes with a 4 pound setting sledge each
> arm, with the
> tire standing on end.
> 
> There's something about beating the heck out of the
> tire that feels great.
> 
> I've lost 5 pounds in three weeks and feel great. I
> break a sweat in
> minutes and breath hard, but LOVE it. I couldn't
> have done this in 20
> minutes at the beginning, but I can now. I could
> keep this up for 45
> minutes, but I try to leave before I get tired of
> it. 20 minutes is it.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 

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