14 Minutes = 7 Minutes?

Take a sledgehammer and wrap an old sweater around it. This is your "shovelglove." Every week day morning, set a timer for 14 minutes. Use the shovelglove to perform shoveling, butter churning, and wood chopping motions until the timer goes off. Stop. Rest on weekends and holidays. Baffled? Intrigued? Charmed? Discuss here.
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14 Minutes = 7 Minutes?

Post by Johnny Quick » Sat Jan 27, 2007 4:13 pm

Hi!

In Podcast Episode 20 Reinhard stated:

"when I'm on vacation, traveling, and I don't have access to my sledgehammer (airport security can be a real pain about sledgehammers), that's exactly what I do. Pushups, squats, jumping jacks, the wall of pain. Whatever I can think of from high school gym class. And I'm usually completely exausted halfway through."

I agree.

Can we interpret that doing Pushups, squats, jumping jacks, the wall of pain, etc., through 7 minutes equals 14 minutes of Shovelglove?

Thanks!
"It's not over until its over."

Yogi Berra

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Post by reinhard » Tue Jan 30, 2007 1:32 pm

Well, I would stick with 14 if you have time. Less is fine if you don't, but my guess is, once you start, you'll realize you do.

It doesn't have to be a uniformly intense 14 minutes. If you're beat halfway through, switch to something lower intensity. Jog in place. Stretch, even. That way you still fully exercise that habit, which is the most important part.

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15 min workout

Post by Johnny Quick » Tue Jan 30, 2007 11:43 pm

Hi!

Since my post I found this product at this site:
http://www.bronzebowpublishing.com/stor ... 6c9c662b51

No need to buy the DVD. Basically it is completing in 15 min 100 hindu pushups, 100 hindu squats and a 3 min. bridge. The author promises that if you can do this, you'll be in great shape. And I agree.

Keeping with our 14 minutes parameter, if you can complete the above you'll be in even greater shape. I am going to start my build up towards these goals.

Thanks!
"It's not over until its over."

Yogi Berra

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