Everyday Systems: shovelglove: message 171 of 649

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This is a note of encouragement.

I'm a 175 pound guy in a 195 pound body, and I use only a 10 lb 
sledge. Feel good about that 8 pounder!

Once you get your wind, you'll love it (be sure to breath while 
you're hammering). It'll sort of happen all at once - at least it did 
for me: one day you'll just feel like the master of that hammer. 
After your workout you'll feel lean and tight (even if, like me, you 
aren't. Yet). 

Anyway, go slow, and use your imagination - imagination is, I think, 
a critical component of shovelglove. Last night I was busting a 
rescue boat out of the ice... the night before that I was working a 
diamond mine.

--- In , "lee33183" <lee33183@y...> wrote:
> Well, I did get a sledgehammer yesterday. My husband's was just 
too 
> heavy. I only got an 8 lb one and for me it is heavy. WOW. It 
was 
> hard. By the end I was going so slow. I started before I got the 
> hammer with an empty cue stick case. That was way too easy but it 

> gave me practice with the motions. Now that I have the hammer, 
what 
> a difference the workout is. 
> 
> I am mainly feeling it in my arms today. My main problem area, 
> since I am a woman, is the stomach and hips. I am following your 
> chart.
> 
> How is the baby? Is she home yet?