Exercise equipment

Maybe it's just me but wouldn't a spliting maul work the same?
Well at least it's affordable the professional model is only 110.00 US                                                    

That is really something. My partner and I have long joked that if we needed some heavy stuff moved or whatnot, that we could probably get people to pay us to do the work instead of us paying them. After all, if you just went to a cross fit gym with the right sales pitch, you could probably convince those people that doing whatever homestead task was a way better workout. In light of this, I wonder if it might just actually work.

hello,

Log cutting is an amazing exercise, many American presidents developed strength by chopping wood. however who has enough wood to chop, especially in cities!

Yes but if you actually do work then if you're like us, you put on jeans, work boots, long sleeve shirts, and gloves. It's hard to look all cute and fit when you're wearing protective equipment, sweating, and a bit dirty.  Hmm....now that I think about it I'm sure some enterprising video maker could do something naughty with personal protective equipment. After all, we're talking wood...

Dang. Sorry. This could get out of hand. Oops. I can't write anything without it having certain interpretations. I consider it a gift.

Robin Katz wrote: I consider it a gift.

Lucky you!! All I can think about in this situation is how every single time I've had to cut or split firewood I end up finding enormous spiders in my bra when I go to clean up afterward.

When  I was moving from New Mexico, at one point I had to sort and pack an outbuilding that could not be cooled, in summer. I told some folks "If I had any sense, I'd get people to pay me for the privilege of working in there! This outranks hot yoga!"

Tereza Okava wrote:All I can think about in this situation is how every single time I've had to cut or split firewood I end up finding enormous spiders in my bra when I go to clean up afterward.

When I first read this I thought you said splinters, which sounded bad. But no, it was spiders! Brrrrr. You're a real trooper if you keep cutting wood with those kinds of experiences.

haha. since I left upstate new york i have found precisely zero large spiders in my clothing*, which is exactly the way I like it. I also may not have cut firewood out in the forest again since that time... surely that has nothing to do with it!



*a rather large wolf spider did try to run up my daughter's pant leg once as we were sitting on the back porch: the exercise class that replicates that adventure would probably burn 100000 calories (and all the adrenaline you can make).

Yes and No

I'm guessing this is meant to be a variation of a kettle bell but you're switching up the grip.

Using a maul is an explosive downward movement where you are trying to use the weight of the maul in favour with gravity. Usually many sets of 1 rep.

To me, it looks like she is doing doing kettle bell swings which it's an explosive upward movement created by "closing your hips" which can be done with many reps to add a cardio element.

I would not want to try a kettle bell swing with maul because:

A) Handle is too long

B) Even with a hatchet you'd be playing a dangerous game of "Can you reproduce in the future?"

However, there would be other various 'farm' objects that could replace a kettle bell. Small bucket of water would make sure your technique is real smooth

Ashley, There is an entire routine for the Chop-Fit. They even have an excersise mace now, an excercise bow that uses resistance bands, Why not use the real things?
At 110.00 dollars, a splitting maul or mId sized sledge/ax would be far less expensive. The same repetitive motions and choking up on the handle to vary the leverage being the same.
Sure a pail of water would replicate a kettle ball just as a cinder block would but with a cinder block you would also have a stable step block to work those glutes and legs. Isometric excersises with just a towel or piece of rope.
It just tickled my funny bone.
Would I want to be in an excersise venue with several people swinging Chop-fits... I don't think so. Would it be good excersise for a Viking Beserker, or the new smash mob method of shopping, yeah I see it's value there.
Economy of motion and time,  I'll buy a cord of wood and not only save 110.00 bucks but have a workout and a bonus of firewood at the end.
What I saw as silliness of the product is what got me.

Robert Ray wrote:Ashley, There is an entire routine for the Chop-Fit. They even have an exercise mace now, an exercise bow that uses resistance bands, Why not use the real things?

Ah, of course it couldn't have been a sensible reason like providing a different grip option.

I googled Chop Fit .... oh my! That are actually swinging it like an axe! The promo video had me in stitches!

Ok google:  Shake weight

I am very appreciative of Shake Weight. It spawned a whole series of bad jokes that made my day brighter.

After Ashley said different grip, I couldn't resist.

Tereza Okava wrote:
*a rather large wolf spider did try to run up my daughter's pant leg once as we were sitting on the back porch: the exercise class that replicates that adventure would probably burn 100000 calories (and all the adrenaline you can make).

No, I can not! I am Australian, we kill spiders like mozzies!

Tereza Okava wrote:every single time I've had to cut or split firewood I end up finding enormous spiders in my bra when I go to clean up afterward.

Maybe you should switch to working with wood in the winter lol