cehowardGS

Robbie Tunes had adopted me and supplied me with C&V jewels.. I am lovin it!!!

You bang 60 this morning.. You rockin too..

BTW, another reason the wife is mad because I took the back deck too. On the back deck, I have a roman chair, workout bench, pull up bar, dumbells,barbell. And what is so great about the home workout bit, I can do it whenever I want.. Yeah, I am preaching to the choir!!

DnvrFox

Too many bikes and an unhappy wife - wow, that's a tough decision - you got to decide whether or not to give her alimony! However, recalling your wife and her looks, it is an even tougher decision.

TromboneAl

More wood splitting (with maul). About 2 cords done, 5 to go.

HillRiderEast

hey - I split some wood today too with my little "fireside friend" hatchet. Lucky me also painted two ceilings.

Bikey Mikey

By hand or by powered splitter? Even by a powered splitter, it would still be a workout.

Pete Seeger is 93 and states that one thing that keeps him fit is cutting wood. He does it by hand, or so it's been stated.

TromboneAl

Right. All by hand, with this maul:



I've used a number of different splitting axes, and that's the best (6 pound?).

I do use a chainsaw to cut it. All free wood from a neighbor who cut down a lot of big trees.



Yes, I think splitting wood is a good, primal type exercise. It's mostly upper body, so it's a good complement to riding. There have been some times when I've thought I'm too old for it, but right now I think I'll continue for years.

DnvrFox

60 pushups in a row, lots of lower weight bench press (reduced today to 155 lbs for increased reps), curls, 40 more pu's in a row, stretching.

DnvrFox

That's a really great functional exercise!!

RDW3261

Getting ready for another half marathon, so been running more than ridding lately. Ran four today.

BikeWNC

Needed to take a day off the bike so I went for a hike this morning in Great Smoky Mtn NP. I hiked 5.5 miles to Cliff Tops on Mt LeConte, 2850' up then back down for a total of 11 miles and 3000' total in 5 hours. Beautiful morning for a hike.

Wileyrat

I wanted a rest after a fast 26 miles yesterday, so I spent a good portion of the morning clearing out the weeds and low brush in a part of the yard that nobody ever sees. I go at it a couple of times a year, and I swear, this year I'm going to put something down to keep it all from growing back. I need to landscape it and reclaim it as useful yard.

I think it was harder than my usual non riding/hiking workout. I'm on vacation right now but I'm ready to back to work next week so I can rest.

Wogster

Does spending 2 hours cutting the grass count????

DnvrFox

Did you use scissors?

Wogster

Nope, it's just a lot of grass.....

az_cyclist

With all of the rain we had yesterday, the bike lane along the road for my morning ride was in pretty rough shape, so, I ran. 5k, 31:41.. not a great time, but ...

az_cyclist

Ran 5k again this morning. A bit faster than yesterday but still a slowish 31:22

TromboneAl

Another three hours of wood splitting -- I've almost filled this section of the shed.



Wood splitting is #1 for feeling good afterwards, followed by strength training, surfing, then biking.

DnvrFox

That is REALLY impressive. Do you heat with wood - cook - hot water boiler??

TromboneAl

We heat almost exclusively with wood -- wood stove in the living room. And all of that is free -- I cut up some trees that were felled to build a new house.





It's nice to have some exercise with such a tangible reward.

az_cyclist

That is really impressive tromboneAl!

kwood_3

Ran 12 miles this AM. Preparing for half marathon in 4 weeks.

az_cyclist

finally found this thread. I ran a 5k before work on Tues, Wed, and today. time of 31:11 on Tues, 31:03 Wed, and 30:52 today. I tried to use the Strava run app on my phone but it stopped before the run was over .

Terex

A beautiful hike up Long Canyon trail near Taos Ski Valley today. The Aspens are turning and the weather is perfect.

mht7159

Walked 4 miles this morning.

drorgo

An easy 4 miles today, tapering for a half marathon on the 13th of this month in California.