Robpocalypse Posted January 26, 2015 Report Share Posted January 26, 2015 How would you categorize snow shoveling as exercise? Part cardio/part lifting?My poor state is expected to get hammered with 2-3 feet of snow tomorrow and I predict much shoveling in my future. Quote Link to comment
Kyellan Posted January 26, 2015 Report Share Posted January 26, 2015 I have a snowblower. I consider it strength work, given how much damn work it is to haul the thing around to change directions, even though it's a self-propelled 2-stage. Shoveling is basically, as you said, cardio/lifting combination, with the weight dependent on the ambient temperature. Ah, snowpocalypse. We meet again. It's too bad my lightsaber is powered by an LED and is not actually contained plasma... that would probably be a useful localized snow-melter. 3 Quote "You are what you do. Choose again, and change." - Miles Vorkosigan Challenges 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | Link to comment
Robpocalypse Posted January 26, 2015 Author Report Share Posted January 26, 2015 I went to start the snow blower last night and the engine would not fire..it may be hand clearing this one. Driveway is not huge but at 2-3 feet of snow is going to give me 5-6 feet snow drifts and probably a 6 foot plow bank at the end of the driveway.Anyway i cut it, going to be getting in some backbreaking work tomorrow. We don't usually get hit too bad in CT but it looks like we are about to get walloped. Quote Link to comment
Eleanorsbee Posted January 26, 2015 Report Share Posted January 26, 2015 snow shoveling .. definitely resistance training ... but high rep so more endurance .. BUT .. if you are a beginner to shoveling then, high, low rep wont make much difference, you will put on muscle. Look at it as Crossfit and you can up the difficualty by putting more snow on your shovel It would come under kettle balls and sandbags if it were an exercise Quote Human | Ranger Level 3 | STR: 8 | DEX: 2 | STA: 8 | CON: 5 | WIS: 0 | CHA: 7 Current Challenge / Second Challenge, / My First Challenge Link to comment
Nubbins McGee Posted January 26, 2015 Report Share Posted January 26, 2015 My driveway is 75 yards long. If we expect anything more than about 4" I have to shovel as the storm goes or it gets really nasty really quickly. I have spent a few long nights going out every two hours to scrape the driveway. When we got a couple of feet a few years ago, I got tired of going out there non-stop and said "screw it, I'll shovel when it's done." I foolishly let something like 14 inches pile up and it took me 9 hours to get the whole driveway clear. Never again. Luckily, I'm on the edge of this one. It's snowing now, but we don't expect more than a couple inches, tops. Good luck and stay safe to all you guys in the teeth of it. Quote Did I offer advice in my post? Please keep the following in mind:I am not a doctor nor any other kind of medical professional.I am not a lawyer.I am not a mental health providerI am not a nutritionistYour mileage may varyI don't do anything in moderationI have lots of injuries & if you train like me, you probably will too. Link to comment
redtomato501 Posted January 26, 2015 Report Share Posted January 26, 2015 Whoa Nelly, Nubbins... that's the point at which you stop parking by the house, park down at the end of the driveway, shovel out the bottom 20 feet of the driveway, and then just shovel a two-person-wide pathway down to the cleared portion from the house. Ain't no way I'm shoveling 75 feet of driveway! (Unless you've got people who can't walk the driveway in the house, then carry on with my sympathy.) Quote Current Challenge #39 - 15.02.23 | Challenges: #38, #29 | Fitocracy: redtomato501 Link to comment
tmac Posted January 26, 2015 Report Share Posted January 26, 2015 I'm in CT too. I bailed on my swim intervals today and am planning to skip bodyweight work tomorrow. My exercise record will show incessant shoveling, starting tonight. And then yoga. Lots of yoga. Quote Level 2 -- DruidSTR 1 | STA 2 | DEX 3 | CON 4 | WIS 0 | CHA 0 Main Quest: Lose 70 lbs in 2015. 15 down, 55 to go. Challenge 2 (Druid)Challenge 1 (Recruit) Link to comment
Nubbins McGee Posted January 26, 2015 Report Share Posted January 26, 2015 Ain't no way I'm shoveling 75 feet of driveway!Yards, not feet. [emoji6] I wish it was only 75 feet! Quote Did I offer advice in my post? Please keep the following in mind:I am not a doctor nor any other kind of medical professional.I am not a lawyer.I am not a mental health providerI am not a nutritionistYour mileage may varyI don't do anything in moderationI have lots of injuries & if you train like me, you probably will too. Link to comment
Robpocalypse Posted January 26, 2015 Author Report Share Posted January 26, 2015 Great the total just got upped a bit, up to 36 inches possible. I might be better off just digging a tunnel and shoring it up with beams at this point.Not that I am unused to snow, but damn this escalated to ludicrous at a rapid pace. Quote Link to comment
MissoulaSquatch Posted January 26, 2015 Report Share Posted January 26, 2015 You're welcome. 4 Quote How to become Sasquatch Link to comment
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redtomato501 Posted January 26, 2015 Report Share Posted January 26, 2015 Yards, not feet. [emoji6]I wish it was only 75 feet! Oh whoops... I swear I can read. My point still stands, though, and to an even further extent! If I won't shovel 75 feet, I definitely won't shovel 3 times that length! They keep promising snow here (DC), but I've only seen a sprinkle... we'll see what tonight brings! Quote Current Challenge #39 - 15.02.23 | Challenges: #38, #29 | Fitocracy: redtomato501 Link to comment
Nubbins McGee Posted January 26, 2015 Report Share Posted January 26, 2015 Oh whoops... I swear I can read. My point still stands, though, and to an even further extent! If I won't shovel 75 feet, I definitely won't shovel 3 times that length!They keep promising snow here (DC), but I've only seen a sprinkle... we'll see what tonight brings!It was snowing in Reston this morning the whole time I was there but it's just wet a little further south (where I am now) Quote Did I offer advice in my post? Please keep the following in mind:I am not a doctor nor any other kind of medical professional.I am not a lawyer.I am not a mental health providerI am not a nutritionistYour mileage may varyI don't do anything in moderationI have lots of injuries & if you train like me, you probably will too. Link to comment
Nubbins McGee Posted January 26, 2015 Report Share Posted January 26, 2015 Great the total just got upped a bit, up to 36 inches possible. I might be better off just digging a tunnel and shoring it up with beams at this point.Not that I am unused to snow, but damn this escalated to ludicrous at a rapid pace.When I was in the Army we were in Japan and had snow so deep we dug tunnels between fighting positions. Funny at the time, kinds of a pointless story now. Stay safe, stay warm. 1 Quote Did I offer advice in my post? Please keep the following in mind:I am not a doctor nor any other kind of medical professional.I am not a lawyer.I am not a mental health providerI am not a nutritionistYour mileage may varyI don't do anything in moderationI have lots of injuries & if you train like me, you probably will too. Link to comment
kaelvan Posted January 26, 2015 Report Share Posted January 26, 2015 How would you categorize snow shoveling as exercise? Part cardio/part lifting?My poor state is expected to get hammered with 2-3 feet of snow tomorrow and I predict much shoveling in my future.You and my state both. And yes I technically would. Then again, I count carrying stacks of wood as exercise. Also, where's my global warming when you need it. I want it summer all year around. Screw polar bears. Curse you science naming it a different name and it not being what I hope for. FU And yes I hate snow like the plague. 2 Quote “There is only one thing that makes a dream impossible to achieve: the fear of failure.†~Paulo Coelho I'm a level 3 moon elf, who's an druid assassin. My InspirationTumblr, which helps me stay the course for art challengeFB, which I guess we could be friend My challengeInstagram Link to comment
Robpocalypse Posted January 27, 2015 Author Report Share Posted January 27, 2015 You're welcome. I have come to the conclusion that a great many annoyances could be solved with a flame thrower.Moving snow? Torch it.Mowing lawn? Torch it.Zombie apocalypse? Torch it. 1 Quote Link to comment
Robpocalypse Posted January 27, 2015 Author Report Share Posted January 27, 2015 You and my state both. And yes I technically would. Then again, I count carrying stacks of wood as exercise. Also, where's my global warming when you need it. I want it summer all year around. Screw polar bears. Curse you science naming it a different name and it not being what I hope for. FU And yes I hate snow like the plague. I would count carrying wood as exercise too! I would not mind it a bit warmer, but not too hot I hate humidity. A global Late Spring temperature setting would be great. Quote Link to comment
ßean Posted January 27, 2015 Report Share Posted January 27, 2015 Right now I'm worried about how little we've gotten so far. Ultimately it will hold off until I'm at work tomorrow and then will dump two feet on us within the first 10 minutes. Quote Current Challenge - ßean limps into the Assassins Guild Daily Battle Log - ßean's Daily Grind No Soda Challenge: 365 Days | Current: 175 Days (Updated 07/19/15) 47.95%47.95% Link to comment
Kyellan Posted January 27, 2015 Report Share Posted January 27, 2015 The morning came and we're buried knee-deep. I've already shoveled the back deck off twice and run the snowblower once... I know it wasn't snowing around midnight, thanks to Facebook reports. When I woke up at 6:00, we had about eight inches of snow already lying around, and there's no sign of it slowing down anytime soon. Now just to hope that the power stays on... Quote "You are what you do. Choose again, and change." - Miles Vorkosigan Challenges 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | Link to comment
Toxophilite Posted January 27, 2015 Report Share Posted January 27, 2015 Ah, snowpocalypse. We meet again. It's too bad my lightsaber is powered by an LED and is not actually contained plasma... that would probably be a useful localized snow-melter.Also if the snow was too bad you could use it to make a nice Tauntaun sleeping bag. Quote "To be sure of hitting the target, shoot first and, whatever you hit, call it the target." Link to comment
redtomato501 Posted January 27, 2015 Report Share Posted January 27, 2015 I present to you the horrors of the Great Blizzard of 2015, DC edition::headdesk: And yes, we got a two-hour delay for this. Quote Current Challenge #39 - 15.02.23 | Challenges: #38, #29 | Fitocracy: redtomato501 Link to comment
redtomato501 Posted January 27, 2015 Report Share Posted January 27, 2015 (And yes, I understand the two-hour delay is more for people in the suburbs who may actually have seen something for real.) How did others hold up? I hear other places actually got snow worth mentioning? Quote Current Challenge #39 - 15.02.23 | Challenges: #38, #29 | Fitocracy: redtomato501 Link to comment
PositiveBlue Posted January 27, 2015 Report Share Posted January 27, 2015 redtomato501 - I wish we looked like that! It just took me 40 minutes to clear my car enough to look like a car. At my apartment, some of the smaller vehicles in the lot look like lumps of snow, seriously, you can't see anything resembling car. It's light though which is both a blessing (easy to move) and curse (snow in the face, thank you wind). The interesting part to me is that when I came in, you could only see the incoming foot prints in the snow. I never left. Knee-to-Thigh High snow is fun. 1 Quote Link to comment
Ahyar Dreamspark Posted January 27, 2015 Report Share Posted January 27, 2015 THIS IS GOING TO BE SO AWESOME The only reason we can still see things is because it's only been snowing for about 3 hours now (I'm in Eastern Canada, so we're the last ones to get it). One of the gyms I go to already got shut down, but luckily I went early knowing what would happen ;P It was upper body day, so I'm probably going to cry a little while shoveling later. Quote Link to comment
hwrdfrnd Posted January 27, 2015 Report Share Posted January 27, 2015 I'm jealous lol I want a 3 foot snow at my place so I can rip around and cover the whole town in doughnuts :-DNo parking lot is safe! Quote Hwrdfrnd - Goblin AdventurerSTR 0 | DEX 0 | STA 0 | CON 0 | WIS 0 | CHA 0Current Challenge Link to comment
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