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- Tue Mar 01, 2011 4:13 pm
- Forum: Shovelglove General Discussion
- Topic: When to go up a size?
- Replies: 12
- Views: 33951
You can also build the heavier weight in gradually - ie start the first 5 minutes with the heavier weight or end the workout with the heavier weight and gradually increase the time. Or do one workout the first week with the heavier weight , then a couple of workouts the next week etc. Lots of ways t...
- Sun Apr 18, 2010 9:21 pm
- Forum: Shovelglove General Discussion
- Topic: Shovelglove school
- Replies: 1
- Views: 8408
Shovelglove school
Here is a link to a school for shovel glovers
http://www.urbanprimalist.com/id3.html
Mr Engels is mentioned albeit briefly.
Cheers
J
http://www.urbanprimalist.com/id3.html
Mr Engels is mentioned albeit briefly.
Cheers
J
- Wed Feb 11, 2009 8:50 pm
- Forum: Shovelglove General Discussion
- Topic: Sledgehammers make great gifts
- Replies: 11
- Views: 21300
Be carefull with zip ties. over time they have a tendency to weaken where they lock together especially if under tension as they would be as yu flig the weight down and stop it. i would checkthe zip ties every couple of weeks and likely replace they every month or so. Check where the zip tie feeds i...
- Fri Feb 06, 2009 6:23 pm
- Forum: Shovelglove General Discussion
- Topic: Shovelglove and RSI
- Replies: 4
- Views: 10606
I am not an expert, but I would suggest trying some or all of the following Slow down the speed of your movements for a while try doing less of each movement at a time, in other words rather than doing one set of 20 woodchops, do 10 then repeat for another 10 later in the workout. Think more sets of...
- Fri Dec 12, 2008 11:49 pm
- Forum: Shovelglove General Discussion
- Topic: sale on sledgehammers - canucks only
- Replies: 1
- Views: 6734
sale on sledgehammers - canucks only
For those Canadian Shovelglovers, Canadian Tire's latest flyer has sledges on 1/2 price various sizes/weights.
Cheers
J
Cheers
J
- Fri Nov 28, 2008 1:46 am
- Forum: Shovelglove General Discussion
- Topic: Shovelglove supplement: Chin up bar
- Replies: 9
- Views: 25477
I've got one in the doorway to my living room. I can't do anything more than hang like a dead fish off it at the moment, but at least I can do that regularly. It's a bit of a talking point, too, especially since people over about 6' have to duck under it. When you are doing weight lifting, studies ...
- Fri Sep 12, 2008 1:43 am
- Forum: Shovelglove General Discussion
- Topic: Curl bar an alternative?
- Replies: 3
- Views: 10015
You can do some moves with a heavy bar that are difficult to do with a sledge. As i noted in some other thread, I use an old barbell bar cut down to about 4 feet in a kayaking motion. i stand with feet farily wide apart and semi lunge from sie to side as I kayak. if yu go fast it can wind you awfull...
- Mon Jul 21, 2008 6:13 pm
- Forum: Shovelglove General Discussion
- Topic: Basic routine??
- Replies: 13
- Views: 22798
Since SG imitates life why not have your routine do the same. Dig a hole for the fence post. Go out and chop down a tree to make the fence post Hoist the sack to put the concrete into the hole churn butter to mix up the concrete pound the post into the hole shovel again to fill in the top of the hol...
- Mon Jul 21, 2008 6:05 pm
- Forum: Shovelglove General Discussion
- Topic: barbell bar for shovelglove?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 17863
I have used a bar in the past although I have never loaded it with plates. I do use a 4 foot bar that weighs about 16 pounds. I use it in a kayaking motion. I semi lunge from side to side as I kayak through the Bering sea looking for seals to ... Depending on how fast and deep you kayak this can giv...
- Fri May 16, 2008 9:34 pm
- Forum: Shovelglove General Discussion
- Topic: First day of Shovelglove
- Replies: 23
- Views: 35068
- Wed Apr 30, 2008 6:54 pm
- Forum: Shovelglove General Discussion
- Topic: Shovelglove T-shirts!!
- Replies: 42
- Views: 57655
- Mon Apr 28, 2008 1:33 am
- Forum: Shovelglove General Discussion
- Topic: Shovelglove T-shirts!!
- Replies: 42
- Views: 57655
quote]I personally just think warrior is a diluted term. Way of the Peaceful Warrior, The Rainbow Warrior, Warrior Weekend, Weekend Warrior, Warrior Diet, etc etc. Same word.. very different meanings[/quote] I guess I shouldn't suggest combining the terms then! Peasant Warrior or Warrior Peasant? Sh...
- Fri Apr 25, 2008 8:53 pm
- Forum: Shovelglove General Discussion
- Topic: Loadable hammer
- Replies: 5
- Views: 14268
I apologize - I see i beaten to the punch in this post bysgtrock Posted: Thu Apr 17, 2008 7:30 pm Post subject: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Plus you can always slap cheap ankle weights onto it to "upgrade" more gradually. They come in all differen...
- Fri Apr 25, 2008 8:36 pm
- Forum: Shovelglove General Discussion
- Topic: Loadable hammer
- Replies: 5
- Views: 14268
I posted on another thread about trying to use adjustable ankle weights to increase the weight of your hammer but then tried it myself and discovered you needed a ton of duct tape to even come close to making it safe. What I discovered last night was my dear wife had 2 one pound wrist weights that w...
- Wed Mar 19, 2008 3:38 am
- Forum: Shovelglove General Discussion
- Topic: No work?
- Replies: 12
- Views: 25607
What you could try is to buy the adjustable ankle weights. Look for the ones that are made of very heavy nylon fabric and have a flat area with 5 sleeves in them. In each sleeve is a one lb lead weight which is removable so you can adjust of course from 1 to 5 lbs. The flat area wraps around your an...
- Sun Mar 09, 2008 12:29 am
- Forum: Shovelglove General Discussion
- Topic: No work?
- Replies: 12
- Views: 25607
One more quick comment if I may, to the OP. You really may have started out with too light a sledge but as per Reinhard I would give it a month or so before you move up. You may want to move up 2 levels when you do. ie if you are using a 8 lber skip the 10 pounder and go to a 12 lber. Start out very...
- Sun Mar 09, 2008 12:22 am
- Forum: Shovelglove General Discussion
- Topic: No work?
- Replies: 12
- Views: 25607
reinhard has a good point in not trying to push the weight up too fast. What happens to a lot of people is as their muscles get stronger they try to push up the resistance to match the increse in strength. What they don't realize is that tendons, ligaments and fascia tissue must adapt and grow thick...
- Thu Mar 06, 2008 9:01 pm
- Forum: Shovelglove General Discussion
- Topic: No work?
- Replies: 12
- Views: 25607
This means your body has adapted to the new work load. This is common when you first begin to exercise. You can now do one of 4 things to increase your work load 1) increase your weight - not recommended so soon. 2) increase your range of motion - this can be done by actually increasing the arc of y...
- Fri Nov 17, 2006 1:09 am
- Forum: Shovelglove General Discussion
- Topic: Making your own shovelglove?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 16728
Inspired by a section in the 1970's HeavyHands book by Len Swartz where he described using a weighted shovel to exercise, I found a snow shovel handle with a tapered end where the shovel balde used to be. I put a ten lb weight on, then drilled a small hole below and above the weight and put a small ...
- Wed Aug 30, 2006 6:27 pm
- Forum: Shovelglove General Discussion
- Topic: Gonna give this a try- 8 or 10 pounder?
- Replies: 9
- Views: 19135
I'm kinda of sporadic on the shovel glove as I do Heavy hands and I was training to do the Trans Rockies bike rce this summer, but now that its over I am trying to get back into the Shovel glove. i use a slightly different variation of the shovelling move. Essentially I hold the hammer with a fairly...