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Finnigan

My Wife and I have been off the wagon for a bit, but she was using a 6lb hammer.

Finnigan

(and urban ranger -- don't discount this).

I remember my Uncle telling me his blood pressure and cholestorol spiked right after he retired. His weight didn't go up significantly though. his Dr. asked him if he was doing anything differently, changes in habits, anything? My Uncle had said there ...

Finnigan

My wife and I have begun doing this as a corridor back into SG. Has anyone else been Mullering? There isn't a heck of a lot of info available.

Finnigan

I finally got to view the video. Great work, and great investigative work! I enjoyed your other videos as well. Thanks a bunch!

I will try out the move and report back in a while.

Finnigan

Best of luck Too solid! I think I am a way s off from doing any running.

Thanks also for the comments on the Vibrams. I'm pretty set on getting a pair, it might just have to wait until my BDay/Christmas.

I did walk a good bit the other day barefoot (maybe 3/10 of a mile, then put sneakers on for ...

Finnigan

Some might need the push, but does that mean we should all suffer if we want a treat?

Finnigan

I have to say I think the most comfortable pair of shoes I have ever owned are my current pair of Dr. Martens boots. I had wanted a pair all through my youth and finally got a pair as an adult. I will say they were HELL to break in, but now they fit me like gloves. I am sorry they are starting to ...

Finnigan

Ut! Looks like I'm late to the party. Sorry.

Finnigan

Edit, well it looks like this was discussed before ( http://everydaysystems.com/bb/viewtopic.php?t=6230 ), but here is some additional info on the method from the horses mouth, and how it applies to NoS.

During my morning commute today I heard something interresting on the radio. Scientific studies ...

Finnigan

So far the morning thing has failed. Allergies and allergy medication haven't helped in maintaining a daily habit either, but we're still trying.

Finnigan

I failed this morning. I went to bed too late. I'll have to SG tonight before bed.

I have to admit, the one day so far I SGed inthe morning it was kind of nice to say to myself "I have already exercised today" and didn't have to dread doing it before bed.

Finnigan

I appologise if this is not new, but I haven't seen it before here. I gave this a try this morning and liked it. I really felt it in my forearm.

I will mention, I really think you need to be careful with your back on this one! Don't overbalance yourself.

The basic idea is using the SG like a hoe ...

Finnigan

Hello all. I haven't been around in a while. For a good portion of last year my wife and I were doing well and SGing together, but just as happened to me the year before, we were derailed by the holidays.

Well, with our health in mind we're starting to put the train back on the tracks and get ...

Finnigan

I'm not sure if this has been discussed here or not, but I wonder what your opinions are.

When doing shovel glove moves, do you do all of your reps in one large group and move on, or do you do multiple smaller sets?

For example, right now my wife and I are doing 35 drive the posts. However, we don ...

Finnigan

Well, my Wife and I started up SG again. Since my 10lb hammer broke I borrowed a 12lb from work. I'll probably stick with it.

Our routine was

14 drive post each side
14 shovel coal each side
14 flip lever each side
14 churn butter each side (really swap hands)
14 lift the sack each side
14 samurai ...

Finnigan

Hello Magicman.

"Meaningful will be not having difficulties wiping myself after going to the bathroom."

This was my wakeup call some time back as well. I started SG and No-S and Urban Ranger at around 290-295lbs. I lost ~20lbs, then gained it back over the holidays. I'm now getting started with ...

Finnigan

Every time I hit the break room at work for a cup of coffee or tea, I try to remember to have a cup of water while I'm there.

Finnigan

I had found myself a nicely sized (short handled) 10 lb hammer to use in my Apt. at a flea market. It was obviously old and the handle needed tightening in the head. I bought a new wedge and tightened it up.

Well, recently I had noticed that I could hear the handle lightly popping like the handle ...

Finnigan

The downside is the Doctor wants weight loss now

I heard the same thing from my doctor. In fact, my doctor even threatened that if he didn't see what he expected (whatever that was) in a given time period (I don't remember what it was) he was going to recommend surgery.

SURGERY! :?

Now, I am a ...

Finnigan

I just usually try and go by the old idea of "soup and a sandwich." If I have a thin soup like chicken noodle or beef and barley I might eat something the equivelant of a regular sandwich with it. this might actually take the form of a grilled cheese sandwich or a tuna melt (or two if I make them ...

Finnigan

Well, it's me again. I'm still trying to get back on the wagon since the Holidays and I think what I really need is to get myself on a better daily schedule.

In my last attempt at a schedule shovelglove was left for just before bed. I feel like this didn't work out so well. I am thinking about ...

Finnigan

I live 5 miles outside of a town of 300 people.

I often wonder how far little Laura Engles walked to school each day. Didn't someone post a while back that the average person 100 years ago or so walked over 5 miles a day?

Finnigan

I think so. I think traditional squats are done with hands on hips. I also think they are how I blew out my knee. Someone told me your leg shouldn't bend more than 90 deg, and your kneeshouldn't pass your toe. I think I broke these rules and I suffered for it.

Finnigan

Obviously Reinhard has far more experience at this than I, and I'm sure he has had others ask the same advice. I'd listen to him.

Deb also has some great points. I always try to breathe with each rep. I never realised, but I keep the weight in front of me too. I think I need to pass that tip to my ...

Finnigan

Well, I'm no expert and I am speaking only for myself. If it was me, and I knew it was just crampiness or aches, and NOT actual strain or injury, I would probably try and do a slow low level SG workout just to try and keep the muscles stretched and to warm them up.

For example, when I first started ...

Finnigan

Well, I am trying to restart my diet and exercise for the new year. For Shovelglove I now have a "buddy" in my wife. I am using a 10 lb hammer and she is using a small (~3lb) hammer. We are not doing 5 days a week yet. We need more discipline in our routine I suppose.

We do (either side):

14 chop ...

Finnigan

So just to be clear, you fit phase I-III into 14 minutes? Wow! You must be hauling!

I was wondering, do you do traditional squats or hindu squats?

Finnigan

Cool! I might have to make my own shovelglove fitdeck.

Finnigan

Well, I fell off the wagon for a bit, but I am getting started again and I now have a buddy! My wife and I picked up some old hammers at a flea market. I was concerned with doing SG at home becayse of the low ceilings, but I found an old hammer with a shorter than normal handle. It doesn't seem to ...

Finnigan

Truthfully I don't know if any of this has been mentioned here before, but I figured I'd relate some recent discoveries to you.

For some time I have had it in the back of my mind to try Geocaching ( www.geocaching.com ) as an outdoor activity for myself and to possibly share with my kids as a ...

Finnigan

I got this in an e-mail and thought it was interresting. Since we are sort of into exercising and dieting "the good old fassioned way" around here I thought it would be neat to post.

THE YEAR 1908

This will boggle your mind, I know it did mine!
The year is 1908.
One hundred years ago.
What a ...

Finnigan

I found these on a website I visit periodically. I came upon the site while researching wet shaving.

Anyway, these two articles struck me as being in tune with what we practice here. Considering they cross No S, Shovelglove, and Urban Rangering I wasn't sure where to post this.

The site is The Art ...

Finnigan

For sake of full disclosure I met my first girlfriend when I was 19. I'm thirty something now with 2 kids and NOT withthe same girl. I used to go to parties and bars and socialize and drink, etc. It didn't help me much because I was not interrested in one night stands. I was looking for a companion ...

Finnigan

So I just tried the Molinet+Samurai+thrust as a part of my workout with my 12 pounder.

HOLY CRAP these are difficult! :shock: You make it look easy Phayze. They killed me, but I love them! After doing the first one it felt like I had never picked up the hammer before. I guess maybe it's just using ...

Finnigan

Oh I got the idea. I thought you were hinting you played TF2 as well.

Finnigan

Is that a hint?

Finnigan

I hate to say I have been SERIOUSLY been breaking this rule for about 2 weeks now. I bought Team Fortress 2 (Computer game) and have been having loads of fun, but going to bed late.

*sigh*

Finnigan

I have been considering one of them for some time. Actually I was looking at the one that sort of hags from, or uses your door molding for support. I'm a bit concerned about the doorway itself and wether or not it could take my weight.

Finnigan

My daughter used to wake up nights as a baby and ABSOLUTELY WOULD NOT let me sit down while rocking her back to sleep. I don't know how she would know wether I was sitting or standing with her in my arms in a dark room, but she knew. If I sat down, she screamed. So, I used it to get a bit of ...

Finnigan

You know, I was on WW for a bit and I was really encouraged that in the first week I lost 5 pounds. I was then discouraged when in the second week I maintained, and I think the third I gained 2 pounds back. I also didn't like paying them money every month.

One thing I remember is that I used the ...

Finnigan

I am new to this myself, so I'm hardly an expert; but what I have been tryint to do is adjust the ammount of reps in a set to get my muscles to feel a bit of fatigue before the end of the set.

So let's say for example I start a basic routine of shovels then hoist the sack.

So I do my first set of ...

Finnigan

Phayze, I have to admit I haven't read this whole thread. However, I do remember reading your introduction, and I just read your last post and I must say I had a laugh.

See, I remember you saying your goal was to be in the kind of physical shape of Spiderman. Then I read you were doing clogging ...

Finnigan

Ha ha! Been there, done that. I grew up on heavy metal. Honestly I don't find it that appealing anymore. I do like the occasional Metallica or Maiden song, or even some other more obscure stuff, but not as a regular diet.

Now that you mention it though, I do have some stuff in my CD case that was ...

Finnigan

Sorry for the double post.

Finnigan

I would caution to be careful about goals. I have a couple of goals too, and I must say sometimes my lack of reaching them causes frustration. Then I have to remind myself that these are LONG TERM goals, or that it might take me a while to reach them.

This diet is really not so much about reaching ...

Finnigan

I tried a new move yesterday and I quite like it. The basic idea is of a worker turning the crank of a spit roasted pig, or to crank a bucket up or down a well, etc.

The move is a little hard to explain. First, I should say I do this with a hammer with no "glove" on the head. I grasped the hammer ...

Finnigan

Yes. Agreed. It's inspiring! Thanks!

Finnigan

I also just realised being tired is making me drag my feet when it comes to Shovelglove and Urban Rangering.

There just aren't enough hours in the day.

Finnigan

Well, it seems to me that I have to try and start a new habit/rule. I find I am staying up late and I think this creates more problems than just being tired during the day. For one thing, the later I stay up, the more likelyI am to grab a snack before I go to bed. not only does this break the No S ...

Finnigan

I use the timer function on my wristwatch. Most digital watches have them.

Finnigan

Wow! Thanks for all the advice!

Finnigan

This may sound a little strange, but for the past couple of days I have noticed something.

I'm overweight, and when I walk my thighs rub together. If it's a hot and humid day I can end up with sores from the seams in my jeans.

Well, It has been a late laundry week and I ran out of jockeys. I have ...

Finnigan

These are BETTER on bad knees?

Seriously? I'd like to try them, but I'm still recouperating an injured knee.

Finnigan

He says he can't leave her for a week.

This shouldn't be a concern at all. I'm sure in just a few years she'll be old enough to be home alone in his eyes. So you are weighing a lifetime relationship against a couple years of adult only vacation.

You will face the same issues if you have children ...

Finnigan

It is also usually said that protien is harder to digest, and so takes longer, and so makes you feel full longer.

Finnigan

Reinhard, I was wondering, on that list you link to, was that count per side, or total? Were you doing 50 shovels per side?

Edit: Nevermind. I found the note at the bottom. Wow! I don't think I could do 50 a side, or one of those long sets in 14 minutes!

Finnigan

Wow! Definately food for thought. My TV better watch out. There is only my wife and kids standing between me and it, and I've got a 12 lb hammer in hand.

Finnigan

Nuts!

Beans and Tofu too.

Finnigan

So, I added 2 moved from the macebell site to the beginning of my workout routine and I have to say it is nor REALLY kicking my butt! Before I was working up a sweat. now I'm watching the clock and begging for mercy and sweet relief. heck, my legs are sometimes shaking when I'm done.

My curretn ...

Finnigan

This is the routine I started with maybe 3 weeks ago.

Shoveling, 7 reps each side
Churn butter, 7 reps each side
Chop wood, 7 reps each side
No name (Flip the lever?) 7 reps each side (I have been only getting 5 a side towards the end of the routine though)
Lift the sack, 7 reps each side
Ab ...

Finnigan

I'm hesitant to give anybody life altering advice, but I suppose I do have some I can offer.

My wife is 7 years my senior. It's not quite as big a gap, but it is a gap. Like you, I am a more mature acting person, and she acts younger than she is.

Anyway, we dated for something like 8 years. She ...

Finnigan

I usually eat fiber one for breakfakfast to help get my daily fiber.

Finnigan

I have been doing the SG exercises, and I try to walk every day of the work week. Right now I get in about a 20 minute walk. I plan to increase it as it gets easier.

Finnigan

Well, I added the mace swing to my SG routine yesterday. It was tough on the arms and I could feel it in my abs, but I liked it. Maybe using a 12 pound sledge is not as strenuous as a 10 kg macebell which is heavier and longer, but it was still some exercise.

Looking further into the macebell ...

Finnigan

Has anyone ever used one of these? I saw some limited discussion of them here, and some videos of their use on youtube. Some of it looks like it would be right up our alley, but looking at a site that sells a macebell I saw a statement to the effect that "A macebell can be used to do sledgehammer ...

Finnigan

Reinhard, yes, I noticed it was happening myself and I was glad of it. I was just wondering if other people noticed, and if it wasn't happening when they made certian movements, they should try to make it happen and understand the benefits of getting the legs involved. SG really is a total body ...

Finnigan

I really miss Tai Chi. I learned the Yang style Short Form which took about 20-30 minutes to complete. My problem was motivation. I wouldn't practice at home. Later, financial concerns kept me from class altogether. I hope to take it up again in the future.

PS. if you try exercises on one leg do ...

Finnigan

When I was taking Tai Chi the "form" was taught movement by movement. We were taught to be very mindful of performing the movement in a particular manner. In fact it was one of the reasons Tai Chi is performed slowly. I was told the idea is this helps build up a muscle memory so that IF you need to ...

Finnigan

I understand. I just think if I increase reps in the sets it pushes the muscles a little harder to get stronger. It seems that slowly the fatigue point gets pushed pack, so I try to push forward a little at a time to meet it.

For example, I was doing 7 reps of shoveling and pretty much in each ...

Finnigan

Well, I had an unusual winfall. I was at a flea market this weekend and happened upon 2 identical digital pedometers still in their boxes. They look a bit dated and the batteries were dead, but I got them for $1 USD each! I just got the battery today, so we'll see how it goes. It accepts my stride ...

Finnigan

So I've been doing shovelglove a couple of weeks and I've slowly been tinkering with my routine. I was just wondering if someone can tell me if this sounds like a decent routine for a novice. I just increased some reps today.

Okay, this is my routine:

Shovel 14 each side (28 total)
Churn Butter ...

Finnigan

I was really just making an observation. I wasn't serious about changing the name.

Finnigan

I like the looks of that second one, and the price is good too.

Hmmm...

Finnigan

Sometimes I wear my daughter's Pikachu Tamagachi(sp?) it acts as a pedometer. I would like to get one of my own though. It would be nice to have one that measures both steps and mileage. I know it can be done, but I don't know if they make any that do it. basically all you have to do is input the ...

Finnigan

I just picked up my very first MP3 player. It is a Transcend T. Sonic 630. It is a 2 gigabite player/recorder and it was $50.

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=3298438&CatId=2761

I have only had it a few days, but so far I quite like it. One of the ...

Finnigan

I don't know if this has been brought up before, but this popped into my head while responding to another thread.

The use of the word "diet" is interresting. It really has a couple of meanings, and they are related, but different.

Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source - Share This ...

Finnigan

I don't see why you even bring up a term like "Start again." It sounds like you never stopped the No-S diet. You just took your vacation as S days. now go back to N days.

Be realistic. The No S Diet is NOT a weight loss diet. It is a lifestyle change that happens to have an overall effect of ...

Finnigan

Cool! Thanks!

I found the song at the beginning of the interview. It's titled Walk On Boy and has been recorded by a number of artisis.

Finnigan

I like Tea and Coffee both sweetened and unsweetened. It really depends on my mood.

My family RARELY buys soda anymore. My kids drink mostly water, milk and fruit juices and I usually drink water or coffee, and sometimes beer or tea, and RARELY iced tea or lemonade (off brand crystal lite ...

Finnigan

Alright, today I hit the 1 week mark and I'm tweaking my set a bit. Today I experimented, and I wrote down a new set.

Shovel (7 reps each side)
Churn Butter (7 per)
*Drilling Stone* (7 per)
[1]Flip Lever (7 per)
Tuck Bails (7 per)
[2]Ab Killer (7 per)
Hoist Sack (14 per side. 7 was too easy)
[3 ...

Finnigan

Wow! You're right! Just as I read your suggestion of Led Zepelin, the Imagrant Song popped into my head. It's got a good fast driving pace.

Finnigan

I'm sorry to keep hammering the forum with posts, but my memory is a bit sporatic, and some thoughts I had while scouring your site have just come back.

First, I'd like to compliment Reinhard on choosing to model his workout on good old fassioned WORK. I can't tell you how many times I've longed to ...

Finnigan

I'm having a little trouble discerning the difference between these movements from the descriptions and the videos. The only obvious difference I see is that the Fireman doesn't bring the hammer head down as far as Fence Posts. Am I missing something?

I DO see the difference between fence posts and ...

Finnigan

Thanks for the welcome and advice!

An N-daily little bit is vastly preferable than sporadic bouts of heroism

I'm not quite sure I understand you here, but I do understand "Be consistant." So far the No S diet hasn't been too much of a problem for me. I get hungry, but I'm still burning mad about ...

Finnigan

Well, I registered for the forum a couple days ago, and rather than be labeled a lurker I thought I'd say hello.

A bit about myself. I'm a 38 year old male who has been diagnosed with high cholestorol and high blood bressure, and I'm told I'm about 100lbs overweight. I am 5' 11" and about 290lbs ...

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Scientific study reinforces the No S diet method?

Hoeing

Starting again.

One big group, or multiple smaller groups?

Back in the saddle

Reminder/Warning

What time of day?

Finnigan's current routine.

Been gone for a bit, now I'm back

Two motivational activities and a useful tool.

The Year is 1908

A couple short fitness articles related to SG, NoS and UR.

Turn the crank.

Go to sleep damnit!

What to wear under there?

Kicking my patutie!

Macebell?

Getting the legs involved.

Does this sound about right?

Diet or Lifestyle?

Work Music

Fireman and Driving Fence Posts?

New practitioner checking in.