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- Sat Jul 23, 2011 12:43 am
- Forum: Shovelglove General Discussion
- Topic: new experiment
- Replies: 4
- Views: 13643
Sorry, as soon as I read that better health is based on a secret system, my little bs-detector starts going off ... No matter how old you are, just by moving each of your joints in a secret sequence Yeah, right. Looks like pretty standard qigong and Taiji movements to me. Yeah, that type of mentali...
- Tue Jul 19, 2011 3:33 am
- Forum: Shovelglove General Discussion
- Topic: Thinking About This
- Replies: 6
- Views: 17541
I can't answer much, but I can suggest an 8lb sledge. They are found in most hardware stores, so you don't need to special order anything, they are heavy enough to provide quite the workout, but are also easily converted to a manageable weight by choking up high on the handle. As a Comparison, I wou...
- Sun Jul 17, 2011 5:00 am
- Forum: Shovelglove General Discussion
- Topic: Is shovelglove right for me?
- Replies: 3
- Views: 13292
I think that in general, shovel glove movements help build up a lean form of muscle (think of high reps but relatively low weight). So you will probably become more firm and defined, but not necessarily bulk up. You should still put on a few pounds of muscle weight if you do shugging on a regular ba...
- Fri Nov 12, 2010 12:08 am
- Forum: Shovelglove General Discussion
- Topic: Animal Stick
- Replies: 10
- Views: 25407
- Wed Oct 06, 2010 1:55 pm
- Forum: Shovelglove General Discussion
- Topic: Seeking sweater-wrapping instructions
- Replies: 4
- Views: 14965
- Wed Jun 30, 2010 7:27 pm
- Forum: Shovelglove General Discussion
- Topic: more than a 20 pounder?
- Replies: 17
- Views: 43174
If you go past 20 lbs you are moving away from the Shovelglove 'system' of sustainable daily work movements and into heavy lifting. There are companies that make loadable sledgehammers and maces like strongergrip.com that will allow you to go beyond 50lbs. I wouldn't modify a hammer with added weigh...
- Thu Apr 29, 2010 1:56 am
- Forum: Shovelglove General Discussion
- Topic: Perfect Shovelglove song?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 21365
- Sat Apr 24, 2010 5:40 pm
- Forum: Shovelglove Moves
- Topic: Firing Coal
- Replies: 6
- Views: 30323
So I've been shugging with a 10lb sledge and it works great for me. This is the weight I used when coming up with the 'Fire Coal' movement. Just last night I was helping a buddy clean up his property in the country and we found an old home-made sledgehammer with a metal pipe for a handle. It must ha...
- Thu Apr 22, 2010 7:50 pm
- Forum: Shovelglove General Discussion
- Topic: question about sledgehammer
- Replies: 6
- Views: 15699
There was just a recent topic about a Japanese exercise that uses a stone on a short handle. I think your short-handle sledge hammer would be perfect for this kind of stuff!
http://everydaysystems.com/bb/viewtopic.php?t=6327
http://everydaysystems.com/bb/viewtopic.php?t=6327
- Thu Apr 22, 2010 7:48 pm
- Forum: Shovelglove General Discussion
- Topic: Shovelglove women!
- Replies: 9
- Views: 26538
As I said above - I used to regularly get pains in my wrists and forearms from working on the computer (it's my job). When I started sg, I had to be very careful particularly on my left wrist which was then painful - had to do very slow reps and relatively few on anything that twisted the wrist. No...
- Mon Apr 12, 2010 4:58 pm
- Forum: Shovelglove Moves
- Topic: Firing Coal
- Replies: 6
- Views: 30323
Hi Phayze, thanks for the compliments. :D But in all honesty, a flashy video doesn't mean much if the exercise movement isn't of any use. I hope lots of people will try this movement for a few weeks and report back and let us know if it felt effective. Yes, the cross step is right there in the video...
- Wed Apr 07, 2010 6:54 pm
- Forum: Shovelglove Moves
- Topic: Firing Coal
- Replies: 6
- Views: 30323
Firing Coal
Here is an exercise I have been working on for the past month. The video explains it the best... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Meko1EcQKA4 Fire Coal: Sledgehammer exercise This exercise is meant to imitate the movement of a locomotive 'Fireman' shoveling coal on the footplate of a steam engine. Hav...
- Tue Apr 06, 2010 8:20 pm
- Forum: Shovelglove General Discussion
- Topic: The book that started it all
- Replies: 2
- Views: 9528
I think it may actually have been from an art book at my mom's house quoting Edgar Degas. I should have looked while I was there over Easter weekend. Reinhafd Doh! My search-fu is weak. Couldn't find much of a connection between Edgar Degas and Coal Shoveling via Google. The only 'quotes' from Dega...
- Tue Apr 06, 2010 3:32 am
- Forum: Shovelglove General Discussion
- Topic: The book that started it all
- Replies: 2
- Views: 9528
The book that started it all
This question is mostly for Reinhard, but I'd be happy to get the info from anybody who knows the answer... Has anyone figured out the name of the French Novel that Reinhard used as inspiration for picking up a Sledgehammer as a means of daily exercise? I will soon be making a post about a little sh...
- Thu Jan 28, 2010 3:56 am
- Forum: Shovelglove General Discussion
- Topic: Newbie Greeting
- Replies: 11
- Views: 22908
Although the sickles looked vicious as well - they seem quite similar to ju-jitsu kamma. I wonder why our own native solutions are so obscure, in comparison to their Far East counterparts? Ha, I could write a whole essay about that! It really boils down to cultural values, which ultimately boils do...
- Tue Jan 26, 2010 1:59 am
- Forum: Shovelglove General Discussion
- Topic: Newbie Greeting
- Replies: 11
- Views: 22908
- Tue Jan 26, 2010 1:55 am
- Forum: Shovelglove General Discussion
- Topic: Making progress
- Replies: 5
- Views: 18492
Welcome Artekus! Adopting SG and NoS before going off university is a great choice. Concerning your question about heavy weight training: well yes, high weight / low reps is the right way to build large muscle mass. But that is not the goal of shovel glove. We used to live out our days working in th...
- Mon Jan 11, 2010 4:21 pm
- Forum: Shovelglove General Discussion
- Topic: About the sweater and other kinds of padding...
- Replies: 4
- Views: 12783
- Tue Dec 29, 2009 3:09 pm
- Forum: Shovelglove General Discussion
- Topic: Newbie Greeting
- Replies: 11
- Views: 22908
Re: Newbie Greeting
Hey, why not. Maybe I can even put up a video.Kevin wrote:Don't hold back. We'd like to hear it.
Djemps wrote: <snip>
I also have an idea for a new exercise that imitates a work movement, but I thought I would hold off and just be part of the community for a while before making any new suggestions.
- Sun Dec 27, 2009 2:40 am
- Forum: Shovelglove Routines
- Topic: 14-Mins Workout - Tabata Interval
- Replies: 7
- Views: 38970
So I tried Eight Tabata intervals Churning Butter. I had to stop after the sixth because I had opened up a blister on the inside of my thumb. This might speak more to the fact that I need to toughen my hands up, but the little workout I accomplished was definetly more intense than anything I've ever...
- Fri Dec 18, 2009 3:34 pm
- Forum: Shovelglove General Discussion
- Topic: Intervals or Reps?
- Replies: 2
- Views: 10283
Intervals or Reps?
While browsing through various threads on the forum, I've found that a lot of 'shuggers' include a certain amount of reps per movement in their 14 minute routine. E.g. 50x Fireman on the Left side and then 50x Fireman Right.... I recently downloaded an Interval Timer on my phone and have been using ...
- Tue Dec 08, 2009 4:43 am
- Forum: Shovelglove General Discussion
- Topic: Starting Shugging and No-S Today
- Replies: 6
- Views: 15357
Great job getting started! I've used a sledge in previous workout routines, but never according the shovelglove system. So far my first few days have also been green. Don't worry so much about trading up quickly to a heavier hammer. The cool thing about shovelglove moves is that you can adjust the r...
- Wed Dec 02, 2009 10:46 pm
- Forum: Shovelglove General Discussion
- Topic: Newbie Greeting
- Replies: 11
- Views: 22908
Thanks for the kind welcome. Just click my WWW link to find my channel. You probably found some of my stuff if you've already gone searching around the net. There isn't much out there right now. I have found myself doing several shovelglove "snacks" through the day instead of a 14 minute block. I st...
- Wed Dec 02, 2009 7:03 pm
- Forum: Shovelglove General Discussion
- Topic: shovelmop? mopshovel?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 14811
- Wed Dec 02, 2009 2:31 am
- Forum: Shovelglove General Discussion
- Topic: Newbie Greeting
- Replies: 11
- Views: 22908
Newbie Greeting
Hi everybody. I just wanted to introduce myself as a new member of the forum and give a quick summary of why I'm doing Shovelglove. The first thing that interested me was SG's focus on recreating natural work movements that people have been doing for centuries in forests and farms all over the world...