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Just a small update - yesterday I shugged my full routine using only my 14lb hammer & in 12m 40s, so that's good

Hey Reinhard, thanks for the reply & the kind words!

I'm sorry to hear about your uppy elbow - I hope it's not causing you too much discomfort & that it sorts itself out soon, allowing you to return to unaffected shugging

Best wishes, take care,
Tim.

Hi Eric! Yes, I too suffered with a sore lower back when I started & I also posted seeking advice :) I found that the sore back cleared up in due course & didn't present any problems. Just occasionally I still get a sore back when making the excersise harder or upgrading to a heavier hammer. But not...

Right, apologies for having taken so long to post a followup regarding my broken hand, but there is a reason I've left it until now... Today I FINALLY shugged at the level I was at before I broke my hand! I did two thirds of my routine using my 14lb hammer & one third using my 12lb hammer in a time ...

Hey, thanks for your reply! Going to the gym really doesn't appeal to me, which is why Shovelglove has been such a revelation... I'm just not sure whether it would be better to try & exercise my left arm & keep it strong, or to let both my arms get weaker at approximately the same rate so they're of...

Thank you! And it's great to be back. I still love Shovelglove - it's the only form of exercise I've ever been able to really get into. I'm so frustrated that I can't do it at the moment because of my broken hand & I can't wait to get back to it, although it'll be a while before I can... I hate to t...

So when I was last posting here (three years ago! I can't believe it's been that long!) I had just ordered a 6kg Gym Hammer as an upgrade from the 10lb sledgehammer I had been using & said I was going to let you all know whether it was any good, before getting distracted by life & disappearing from ...

Hello! How is everyone? I can't believe I've been away for so long. And selfishly I've come back because I want something... So, I've been shugging for goodness knows how long now (a little bit "on & off", but mostly "on") & am still loving it & reaping the benefits. As of last week my routine consi...

Reinhard, you say you're glad it's working so well for me &, for that, I just want to reply - yes, it really is & thank you, both for your input here &, more importantly, for your inspired invention of shovelglove & your generosity in sharing it freely with us all. Although I've come across a few ot...

Well, I've got to the stage with my 10lb-er where my rear hand is literally at the end of the handle & there's a gap of, maybe, four to six inches between the top of my rear hand & the bottom of my forward hand. It seems to work ok - it hasn't led to any injury or discomfort &, as I said, when I exp...

I've just come across "Gym Hammers" by a company called Olympion (or Olympian, depending on which seller you're buying from on Amazon): http://www.amazon.co.uk/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dsports&field-keywords=Olympian+gym+hammer&rh=n%3A318949011%2Ck%3AOlympian+gym+hammer&ajr=0 They appear t...

Thanks for the advice & the kind words of encouragement, Bill.

The only thing that concerns me is that, whilst both jumps are the same in absolute terms, in relative terms going from 12lb to 16lb is a 33.3% increase on what you're already shugging, whereas 10 to 14 is a 40% increase...

Tim.

I've been comfortably shugging my 10lb-er since my last post - I've gradually been working my forward hand further down the hammer in order to increase the difficulty of the exercise, to the point that my hands are now pretty much as close together at the end of the hammer as I can practically put t...

Sorry to have been away for a while. As the saying goes, no news is good news - so far I'm 2 days into my 4 day week of 7 reps & all seems well... My back was a little sore yesterday, but nothing serious & has been fine today. 7 reps really seems to be considerably harder than 6. In the past I've al...

I'm not sure anyone really cares, but I'm gonna keep posting on my progress on the off chance that someone might find my experiences useful. If you aren't interested, you don't need to bother reading :) Anyway, so far, so good. No major or lasting back pain last week. The small amount of discomfort ...

Hi koopa, thanks. It's not muscular ache I'm worried about - that left me after the first couple of days & I accept that as part & parcel of progress... My lower back, though, was "twinging", if you know what I mean, & clicking occasionally, which worried me somewhat. Having had a day off today, I h...

Ok so, come this morning, I'd had more than a week off from shugging. My back had got better, & been better for several days. I was champing at the bit to get back into it, but forced myself to wait until today in order to make sure that my back was fully recovered before starting shugging again. Ta...

Hi Ted,
thanks. I'm glad SG helped you out - constant, low-level pain can really get you down.

Anyway, I've left a detailed post over in the other thread, so I won't rehash it here. Just wanted to say congratulations on your progress - those numbers are really impressive!


Regards,
Tim.

Hi Ted, thanks for the advice. I hope you're right. The more I think on it, the more I feel that whilst SG might have exacerbated my back, it's probably work that's caused it - I worked out my hours tonight &, all told, I've worked 53 hours this week. I don't get lunch breaks & I literally don't sit...

My posture is a lot better and that minor nagging minor back ache has disappeared. Hey slothlike, my lower back's been playing up this week & it's worrying me a bit... Was the back ache you mentioned "caused" by SG, or was it an existing problem? If because of SG, how bad was it, & did it clear up ...

Hi Reinhard, thanks, it means a lot :) I realised that having the weight on the end of a stick makes it much harder work... However, for most of the techniques, you're using both arms! Unfortunately my lower back's been playing up this week, which is very unusual. I'm HOPING that it's not down to SG...

Just successfully completed my first full week of shovelglove

Hi slothlike, thanks for your kind words of encouragement - you weren't wrong! As I said before, after my first two sessions last week, I woke up on the third morning feeling as if I'd been hit by a truck. However I woke up this morning, after Monday's & Tuesday's sessions, feeling absolutely fine &...

Well, my sledgehammer arrived a few days ago & I've done my first two days of shovelglove... Wow, I am so glad I opted for a 10lb-er rather than a 12lb-er! I totally underestimated just how hard the exercises would be. I'm absolutely not a sportsman, but I work in a grocery shop & I spend a fair amo...