Swinging a weight around is exhilarating

dittany · Post by **dittany** » Wed Mar 18, 2009 10:25 pm

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 a year in my cupboard. On the other hand so far I am finding this fun, pretending to be a French coalminer (thanks Reinhard!) or a milk maid in the dairy. I've also been enjoying paddling my canoe up the Orinoco river. You just can't do that in a weights room.

OK I've probably given too much away now. There's definitely something in the swing and the weight of it that makes it enjoyable though. The energy really begins to flow.

dittany · Post by **dittany** » Mon Mar 23, 2009 1:07 pm

It must be just me then.

gratefuldeb67 · Post by **gratefuldeb67** » Mon Mar 23, 2009 1:25 pm

Hahah no not just you Dittany!
Swinging the hammer is sooooo much more fun than boring ol' dumbells!!
I haven't been active at this for a long time, but when I did it, I always enjoyed that feeling too

Debs

CriticalMass · Post by **CriticalMass** » Mon Mar 23, 2009 8:22 pm

Sorry, I thought your original post was rhetorical. There is definitely something ridiculous and fun about it. I think nobody chimed in partly because this forum is less active than the diet forum.

Post by **reinhard** » Wed Mar 25, 2009 1:59 pm

dittany,

Sorry I spaced on this post till now. Yes, absolutely. Lifting weights seems like self-torture in comparison. It's not just the "acting" element (though I think that's the bigger part), there's also something physical about the full, swinging movements that feels liberating.

I think nobody chimed in partly because this forum is less active than the diet forum.

The shovelgove site gets very comparable traffic to no-s, but I guess shuggers are more laconic than no-essers

Reinhard