I need to stay in shape... well, no... actually I need to get in shape... DIR shape...
But I just hate wasting energy with sissy exercise programs... work must accomplish something for me to be happy... of course I prefer to watch others do the work but somehow I can't see that helping me in the shape department...
So this morning I decided to kill some trees... 60 foot cottonwoods that are just now releasing their *summer snow*...
(I hate 'em for that)... plus they were blocking my view a little.
Since they may or may not have been exactly on my property I needed to work fast too... better to ask for forgiveness than for permission... but always much better if no one notices for a while...
It was during this little foray into the rough and tumble world of the logger that I found a few new ways to excercise....
1) Pulling a rope attached to a spring one hundred times while holding 30# was the first one... great cardio workout...
2) Holding 30# at various heights and angles was another... great for strength...
3) Going back and forth between 1 & 2 seemed to work well also... and became a favorite right away...
4) Pants drops were not as tiring but did keep me active and allowed a small break from 3 to catch my breath and see if the saw cut in my jeans had found meat...
5) Out running trees was actually kinda fun but a 60 ft sprint over hurtles wearing heavy steel toed boots is very tiring... (sometimes the tree would almost win)
But I just hate wasting energy with sissy exercise programs... work must accomplish something for me to be happy... of course I prefer to watch others do the work but somehow I can't see that helping me in the shape department...
So this morning I decided to kill some trees... 60 foot cottonwoods that are just now releasing their *summer snow*...
(I hate 'em for that)... plus they were blocking my view a little.
Since they may or may not have been exactly on my property I needed to work fast too... better to ask for forgiveness than for permission... but always much better if no one notices for a while...
It was during this little foray into the rough and tumble world of the logger that I found a few new ways to excercise....
1) Pulling a rope attached to a spring one hundred times while holding 30# was the first one... great cardio workout...
2) Holding 30# at various heights and angles was another... great for strength...
3) Going back and forth between 1 & 2 seemed to work well also... and became a favorite right away...
4) Pants drops were not as tiring but did keep me active and allowed a small break from 3 to catch my breath and see if the saw cut in my jeans had found meat...
5) Out running trees was actually kinda fun but a 60 ft sprint over hurtles wearing heavy steel toed boots is very tiring... (sometimes the tree would almost win)