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Excercise value of chopping firewood.

cdoesthehula
cdoesthehula Posts: 141 Member
edited March 3 in Fitness and Exercise
They always say wood warms you up twice - once when you chop it and once when you burn it.

Well today, I spent three hours chopping firewood. By hand, with a bowsaw and an axe. I will want to light the stove soon.

Can I count that as excercise? I was out of breath most of the time, and I feel it in my arms and shoulders now. Or is it possible to change your activity level from sedentary to active for a day?

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  • lozzatao
    lozzatao Posts: 53 Member
    Hell yeah !! great workout !! ;)
  • dbmata
    dbmata Posts: 12,950 Member
    Just call it being a man, go stroke your mustache and drink a whisky that you just earned.
  • kelly_e_montana
    kelly_e_montana Posts: 1,999 Member
    Def exercise! Just because it was functional doesn't mean it wasn't a lot of exertion!
  • dcberlin10
    dcberlin10 Posts: 54 Member
    Count it! I wore my HR monitor while I chopped wood a few weeks ago, used an axe for about an hour and burned 400+ calories!
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