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Allan,

I've added a section describing/linking to your
"scenario based shovelglove" posts to the home page:

http://www.shovelglove.com/#scenario

I'm amazed at how much you're able to come up with for
each scenario and how natural and uncontrived the
movements are. One thing just leads to the next. You
are "obligated" to "finish him." I love it.

I have to give this a try this week, but without any
kids yet to sound my ideas off of, I'm afraid I'll be
at a competitive disadvantage :-). They've got such a
good ear for this kind of thing.

Keep posting. This stuff is great.

Reinhard

--- "D." <allan2015@...> wrote:
> Friday's shovelglove workout was "preparing the
> defenses." Yesterday's was "defending the walls."
> Only
> made sense since we spent the day before preparing
> for
> an attack <grin.> 
> 
> Note: the 4 lb. sledge is really just a large hammer
> but it seems to fit my 11 year old easily enough. A
> 6
> lb would be more ideal but we couldn't find one.
> 
> First, we manned the walls with bow and arrow. We
> "shot the bow" 10x each side. This was done by
> simulating shooting a bow at an extremely high arc,
> with the hand pulling the bowstring holding the
> shovelglove. I had to hold it very near the head as
> even 10 lber became extremely heavy after only a
> couple repetitions. 
> 
> Then, as the enemy drew closer to the walls, we
> "shot
> the bow point blank," 10x each side. This was done
> by
> lowering the bow from a high 45* angle to a 90*
> angle,
> held directly in front of you as though you were,
> you
> guessed it, shooting an arrow point blank. 
> 
> The enemy then mounted ladders and attempted to
> scale
> the walls. We defeated them by.. well I couldn't
> come
> up with a name for it, but what we did was use the
> "stoke the fire," or "spear thrust," movement 
to
> knock
> the enemy off the wall. We completed the movement by
> drawing the shovelglove back, lifting the front
> foot,
> and thrusting the sledge forward with a stamp of the
> foot. We did this one 10x each side. 
> 
> The walls were breached so we had to take it hand to
> hand. First, we did 20x "smite the orcs," better
> known as "chopping the tree," with each side. Then,
> we
> did a similar movement but brought the shovelglove
> from directly overhead, instead of diagonally as in
> the 'chopping tree' movement. This we did 10x,
> changed
> grip and did another 10. This will really burn your
> triceps quick. 
> 
> We were getting overrun and our lines had crumbled,
> so
> it was everyman for himself. I kept the enemy at bay
> using the "whirling berserker" movement. Imagine
> Babe
> Ruth at a home run derby - I just swung the
> shovelglove directly in front of me side to side,
> with
> a lot of power. WARNING - DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWING
> HARD
> AND HALT THE MOVEMENT OF THE SHOVELGLOVE. You will
> injure your joints and tendons in no time flat. If
> you
> use this move, just follow through as though you are
> swinging a heavy baseball bat. 
> 
> I had initially performed this movement just like a
> bat, dropping my hands closer together doing the
> movement and even finishing the move with one hand.
> But I personally felt best just keeping both hands
> on
> the shovelglove and rotating the hands as the swing
> passes in front of you mid-point. This is a very
> natural movement (at least I thought so) and didn't
> require a lot of thought once I just let my body
> handle the details. 
> 
> I did 20x, then switched grip and did another 20x. I
> counted one swing and back as one repetition.
> 
> Whew! We finally repelled the enemy and now had to
> scour the battlefield for survivors. (The squeamish
> among you may prefer to skip this part.) We did
> "finish him" 20x, using a movement akin to 'churning
> butter' or 'tamping the dirt,' only with the
> shovelglove held closer to the ground. You bring it
> up
> vigorously overhead and thrust it down vigorously,
> as
> though you were, well, trying to finish of the bad
> guy. Since we workout outside we actually thumped
> the
> shovelglove onto the ground, but indoors just raise
> and lower the shovelglove in a more controlled
> movement. 
> 
> Total time was about 14-15 minutes, but we were
> moving
> at a quick pace. And all the celebrating and
> saluting
> movements from Friday's workout? Well, add them if
> you
> can but I could barely raise my arms when we were
> done, lol! I imagined the king was still hiding in
> his
> bunker anyway.
> 
> So there you have it, our second 'scenario based
> shovelglove' workout. I haven't thought of what I'll
> do next, any ideas please let me know!
> 
> - Allan 
> 
> 
> 
> 
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