chopping firewood as wintertraining

[captain twang]

hi friends,
i think that chopping firewood is the perfect wintertraining for me. i planned to do some paddling, but in our dreadful winterwheather here in  northern germany, nothing is attractive or healthy about being wet in the wind.
 but  chopping firewood is a really good workout and it keeps you warm.
like with paddling you need the right tools for it too:  an axe, an oven to burn that stuff, a saw, all good and  interesting toys.
what do you think?
eddie

[Boludo]

Rocky Balboa did that too for training to fight Ivan Drago and Rocky ended up winning. So I'd say it's good.

[hbsteve]

You are outside & working out.  Sounds good.

[Dangerous Dan]

Chopping wood is next on the list.  So far this fall, my cross training consist of putting down the leaf blower and raking leaves by hand.  I kept switching back and forth from the Hawaiin to the Tahitian stroke.  I'm hoping to get PB to study and upgrade my rake by next year...maybe a 90 flex shaft and more surface area for the rake!

[newton333]

i heat my house with wood u are welcome to come by and help me split.  i do 2 chords by hand and 2 with the spliter.

[lucabrasi]

I'm hoping to get PB to study and upgrade my rake by next year...maybe a 90 flex shaft and more surface area for the rake!

That is way funny. (hmmmm, far bigger market for a better rake.)

I split my wood "some at a time" rather than all at once. Burn about 3 cords a season. Any water without current is ice right now within 100's of miles from me for another 4-6 months. Winter is long, yes?
Ivan Drago and Rocky Balboa. What a fight. Good stuff. How can you walk out of the room near the end of that movie and miss that.  And then you get Rocky the diplomat "I guess I didn't like you much none neither" "maybe we can all change"

[PNelson]

One of the more satisfying workouts. Logs -> Workout -> Firewood

[captain twang]

Chopping wood is next on the list.  So far this fall, my cross training consist of putting down the leaf blower and raking leaves by hand.  I kept switching back and forth from the Hawaiin to the Tahitian stroke.  I'm hoping to get PB to study and upgrade my rake by next year...maybe a 90 flex shaft and more surface area for the rake!

Glad to hear i am not alonel! i thought all the time that i am the only person who takes raking as a sup-training.


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