Snow Shoveling - Exercise or Health Risk

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  • wiigelec
    wiigelec Posts: 503 Member
    lemurcat2 wrote: »
    So it seems to be snowing. Probably won't stick (not cold enough) but I am going to blame this thread.
    Lol

  • SuzySunshine99
    SuzySunshine99 Posts: 2,989 Member
    lemurcat2 wrote: »
    So it seems to be snowing. Probably won't stick (not cold enough) but I am going to blame this thread.

    Yeah, someone HAD to mention snow, and look what happens. The snow at my house this morning was SO heavy, it was dragging down tree branches and power lines. My power kept flickering on and off. That's the stuff they call "heart attack snow". When it does pile up, it's like shoveling concrete. And most snowblowers can't handle stuff that heavy.
  • Diatonic12
    Diatonic12 Posts: 32,344 Member
    wmd1979 wrote: »
    The same can be said for carrying in groceries, yet its a necessary task. Some people can't afford to pay others to shovel their snow, and unfortunately the job still needs to get done. As others have said, people need to know their limits and that is why its important to stay in shape and try to be as healthy as possible. I love shoveling snow, and do view it as exercise, but I also know I can't remove every bit of snow from the driveway in one scoop. I can just as easily hurt myself in the gym if I try to lift more than I am capable of, or if my form is poor.

    Dang, I'd like for you to come over and shovel all of the snow. I'd view it as exercise craning my neck just watching you. ;) You're correct. I've been shoveling snow since I was a kid but I still have some lessons to learn.
  • geraldaltman
    geraldaltman Posts: 1,739 Member
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    This is an approximation of the contour of driveway I HAD to shovel as a pre- and teen boy back in the day and why I will not go out of my way to shovel today and am so grateful for my current residence...FLAT!!! 😆
  • Mouse_Potato
    Mouse_Potato Posts: 1,509 Member
    edited October 2019
    psychod787 wrote: »
    I live in Florida... so unnecessary... is that an option.. lol

    you still have to mow though. :-P

    Very true! I live in southeast Texas and we have to mow, edge, and weed year-round. :disappointed:

    ETA: I got a nastygram from my HOA one year about my unruly yard. It's was February.
  • geraldaltman
    geraldaltman Posts: 1,739 Member
    Mowing/leave raking: Hated it! As a boy, not so bad raking clippings yards were flat not a lot of leaves in fall, then we moved...to a home located on a hill, with hilly yards; tree covered hilly yards; tree covered hilly yards strewn with all manner of sticks, leaves, rocks and dirt (areas that grass could never grow); tree covered hilly yards strewn with all manner of sticks, leaves, rocks and dirt with parents unwilling, if unable to pay for lawn care when they had young and healthy if not totally unwilling to do boys living in their house available to do it 😒
    Today, I live in and apartment complex and all that's done by contractors 😁
  • wiigelec
    wiigelec Posts: 503 Member
    I don’t rake leaves I just cover them with shoveled snow
  • vanityy99
    vanityy99 Posts: 2,583 Member
    lx1x wrote: »
    Snow blower for the win! 😁

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    This picture has me tickled lmaoooo.
    That’s everyone on my street.



  • Gisel2015
    Gisel2015 Posts: 4,183 Member
    wiigelec wrote: »
    psychod787 wrote: »
    I live in Florida... so unnecessary... is that an option.. lol
    Actually we don’t want to hear about it 😁


    I lived in NY many moons ago, and I hated shoveling snow, but I also hated the winter and the cold. So I moved... I am now in the California desert, so you probably don't want to hear from me either... :D

    Happy shoveling!
  • tuckerrj
    tuckerrj Posts: 1,453 Member
    I consider shoveling to be GREAT exercise. Although I swim, bike & run normally. I just limit myself to 15-20 minutes of shoveling and take an elongated rest. Repeat until the driveway is clear.
  • wiigelec
    wiigelec Posts: 503 Member
    tuckerrj wrote: »
    I consider shoveling to be GREAT exercise. Although I swim, bike & run normally. I just limit myself to 15-20 minutes of shoveling and take an elongated rest. Repeat until the driveway is clear.
    That sounds like a good idea. Normally I just want to get it over with so it’s go go go but I’m going to have to give this a try...

  • Gisel2015
    Gisel2015 Posts: 4,183 Member
    edited October 2019
    Gisel2015 wrote: »
    wiigelec wrote: »
    psychod787 wrote: »
    I live in Florida... so unnecessary... is that an option.. lol
    Actually we don’t want to hear about it 😁


    I lived in NY many moons ago, and I hated shoveling snow, but I also hated the winter and the cold. So I moved... I am now in the California desert, so you probably don't want to hear from me either... :D

    Happy shoveling!

    I couldn't live in a place without seasons. But California has them too, there's fire season, earthquake season, riot session, and looting season.

    I can't wait for the snow, you'll find be skiing. ⛷️

    I think that the cold weather made you a little bit snarky...Many places in the great USA have also fires, looting, murders, hurricanes, flooding, etc...enjoy your skiing while I work in my garden.
  • wiigelec
    wiigelec Posts: 503 Member
    Gisel2015 wrote: »
    I lived in NY many moons ago, and I hated shoveling snow, but I also hated the winter and the cold. So I moved... I am now in the California desert, so you probably don't want to hear from me either... :D

    Happy shoveling!
    Lol I remember days past when I actually enjoyed winter but the older I get the more 120 for a couple months a year just might be worth it...

  • wiigelec
    wiigelec Posts: 503 Member
    AnnPT77 wrote: »
    On the rare occasion, I've earned well over 1000 calories in one episode of driveway shoveling (something in excess of 4 hours, working along right steady). I'm calling that exercise. :) And eating up every calorie, besides.
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    There's more driveway behind where I'm standing to take the photo, and it curves around across the front of the house (long side of a 1953 ranch house), then back out to the road again. It's a capital-D Driveway. And I'm a li'l ol' lady, age 63. ;)
    It looks like you missed a spot...

  • keodell1966
    keodell1966 Posts: 141 Member
    When I was a kid my next door neighbor died shoveling his driveway. Now that I’m an adult I think of that during winter.
    We got our first snow 2 days ago. Not ready for this yet!!!
  • lynn_glenmont
    lynn_glenmont Posts: 10,089 Member
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    I shoveled my work truck out last year... now that was a workout. 😊

    I see what you did there.
  • grinning_chick
    grinning_chick Posts: 765 Member
    Snow blower? pshaw. Snow thrower FTW... :D

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  • cwolfman13
    cwolfman13 Posts: 41,865 Member
    I enjoy shoveling snow...but it's kind of a novelty since we only get maybe one or two storms per year blow through town that drop enough snow to warrant shoveling...even then, it's usually no more than a couple of inches.

    Love where I live though...we get seasons and plenty of snow in the mountains and northern part of the state...I can hit the slopes in the morning and the links in the afternoon.
  • NorthCascades
    NorthCascades Posts: 10,968 Member
    cwolfman13 wrote: »
    I enjoy shoveling snow...but it's kind of a novelty since we only get maybe one or two storms per year blow through town that drop enough snow to warrant shoveling...even then, it's usually no more than a couple of inches.

    Love where I live though...we get seasons and plenty of snow in the mountains and northern part of the state...I can hit the slopes in the morning and the links in the afternoon.

    Weather is so weird. I'm at 47* N and we get snow (in town) every 2 or 3 years.