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- Tue Jun 22, 2010 6:38 pm
- Forum: Shovelglove General Discussion
- Topic: Real life shoveling - how shovelglove benefits
- Replies: 1
- Views: 8581
Real life shoveling - how shovelglove benefits
So I haven't been shovelgloving for the past few months for various reasons and was thinking I must now be really rusty and weak, then this weekend I had to shift a ton of topsoil for a vegetable bed I built in the garden. The first few shovels of earth I thought would defeat me - they felt very hea...
- Tue May 11, 2010 7:12 pm
- Forum: Shovelglove General Discussion
- Topic: Getting fit with six minutes exercise a week
- Replies: 2
- Views: 10777
Getting fit with six minutes exercise a week
An even more minimalist approach to exercise than Shovelglove's 14 minutes a day: http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/06/24/can-you-get-fit-in-six-minutes-a-week/ Can You Get Fit in Six Minutes a Week? By GRETCHEN REYNOLDS A few years ago, researchers at the National Institute of Health and Nutrition...
- Tue Apr 27, 2010 7:50 pm
- Forum: Shovelglove General Discussion
- Topic: Shovelglove women!
- Replies: 9
- Views: 26616
I've been shovelgloving just for over a year now. I started out some time after reading a book, "Strong Women Stay Young" which outlines how weight training can help ward off bone loss in women as we get older. Then I came across this site via Stumptuous (great site by woman weight-lifter) and it al...
- Sat Sep 12, 2009 3:10 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: No S Diet and antidepressant related weight gain?
- Replies: 18
- Views: 28769
Hi, hope it's OK to chime in here. I read the No-S board sometimes after going to the shovelglove board. I put on 20 pounds when I took an SSRI a few years back. I didn't change my diet at all (I have always naturally no-Sed, it's one of my few good habits :D) and in fact I was doing more exercise. ...
- Wed Jul 08, 2009 7:30 pm
- Forum: Shovelglove General Discussion
- Topic: Shovelgirls? Or is it a guy thing?
- Replies: 17
- Views: 29800
I came over from Stumptuous too. This is the most fun training I've ever done. I do a mixture of everything, between ten and twenty reps, and quite a lot of Hindu squats too, in fact out of all of me my legs have got the most muscly doing this. I started out at eight pounds, I'm on ten now and I jus...
- Wed Jun 10, 2009 5:30 pm
- Forum: Shovelglove General Discussion
- Topic: Injuries and the Traffic Light
- Replies: 8
- Views: 18594
- Wed Jun 03, 2009 7:43 pm
- Forum: Shovelglove General Discussion
- Topic: Injuries and the Traffic Light
- Replies: 8
- Views: 18594
- Thu May 14, 2009 6:13 pm
- Forum: Shovelglove General Discussion
- Topic: New to shovelglove! (and to exercise in general)
- Replies: 12
- Views: 24198
The other thing you could do Cassie, is start with just doing seven minutes then working up to 14 slowly - making sure you remain comfortable with what you are doing. Couldn't tell you which are the safest, but I definitely found the moves where you are swinging the hammer the most difficult because...
- Thu May 07, 2009 8:48 pm
- Forum: Shovelglove General Discussion
- Topic: Heavy sledgehammer
- Replies: 6
- Views: 17961
I added one pound to my eight pound hammer two months in and actually found it very taxing and went back to eight. I can't imagine jumping from an eight to a twenty, even if you are strong. When you swing a weight, because of the momentum, it weighs more than simply lifting it. Also it's not just yo...
- Tue May 05, 2009 7:49 pm
- Forum: Shovelglove General Discussion
- Topic: I've lost seven pounds plus in three months shovelgloving
- Replies: 2
- Views: 9131
Well I'm going to be singing its praises to anyone who wants to listen. I really am amazed that only fourteen minutes a day is enough to make a difference. I did a lot of exercise in my twenties (I was a rower so had to be pretty fit) but like all those kind of things that take huge time demands the...
- Sat May 02, 2009 12:50 pm
- Forum: Shovelglove General Discussion
- Topic: I've lost seven pounds plus in three months shovelgloving
- Replies: 2
- Views: 9131
I've lost seven pounds plus in three months shovelgloving
I'm so surprised. I didn't start shovelgloving to lose weight but to get stronger and ward off osteoporosis in my future (weight training is important to keep women's bones strong), but I went and weighed myself in a chemist's yesterday, and I'm down to 136 after being between 140-150 for the last f...
- Thu Apr 16, 2009 10:06 am
- Forum: Shovelglove General Discussion
- Topic: Workout Music
- Replies: 6
- Views: 14756
- Wed Apr 15, 2009 7:28 pm
- Forum: Everyday Systems General Discussion
- Topic: How effective does everyone find HabitCal?
- Replies: 9
- Views: 20844
I use it for Shovelglove and I do find it a motivator because I want a little green box every day. The only times I've missed it since I started a few weeks back have been when I've been ill. I'm guessing there's a difference though between using it to get yourself to do something e.g. exercise, and...
- Wed Apr 15, 2009 7:24 pm
- Forum: Shovelglove General Discussion
- Topic: Workout Music
- Replies: 6
- Views: 14756
- Tue Apr 14, 2009 4:46 pm
- Forum: Shovelglove General Discussion
- Topic: Crazy Sledge Workout
- Replies: 3
- Views: 10106
- Mon Apr 13, 2009 9:42 pm
- Forum: Shovelglove General Discussion
- Topic: Shovelglove and injuries
- Replies: 1
- Views: 7131
Shovelglove and injuries
I'm probably tempting fate posting this but.... Has anybody noticed their aches and pains lessen doing Shovelglove? I've been off sport for quite a few years because of a sacro-iliac problem that I finally got fixed last year. However I still had a some residual pain in my left hip. I also had a lot...
- Mon Mar 23, 2009 1:07 pm
- Forum: Shovelglove General Discussion
- Topic: Swinging a weight around is exhilarating
- Replies: 4
- Views: 11339
- Wed Mar 18, 2009 10:25 pm
- Forum: Shovelglove General Discussion
- Topic: Swinging a weight around is exhilarating
- Replies: 4
- Views: 11339
Swinging a weight around is exhilarating
That's it really. I suppose all regular shovelglovers know this already. I've done free weights and used gym machines before but they are deadly dull and hard to stay motivated with. In fact I never managed it, even for very short periods - I've got a box of free weights that I haven't used in over ...