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kayvan

That link you provided, SE, got me this message: Safari canâ€™t open the page â€œhttp://strengthendurance.wordpress.com.../â€ because Safari canâ€™t find the server â€œstrengthendurance.wordpress.com...â€. Does wordpress have something against Apple?

It's probably because of the extra "..." at ...

kayvan

Wow. It's been several years. I hope there are people still doing this!

I just re-started again today. I was moving some stuff around and found my two shovelgloves (a ten pounder and twelve pounder) in my office and just on a lark started up again.

I walk a lot (using my FitBit and my Inspire ...

kayvan

Yesterday was my one year shovelglove anniversary!

I did a 14 minute routine yesterday that consisted of the following exercises (done on the left side and then on the right side, for each set):

21 shovel
21 churn butter
14 chop wood
14 flip lever
14 drive fencepost
14 hoist sack
14 tuck bale
14 ...

kayvan

Happy Thanksgiving, everyone!

I'm coming up on the one year mark, still doing shovelglove every weekday.

I hope everyone is having a great time with their families and friends this week.

Best regards,

---Kayvan

kayvan

Twice one's weight might be brutally hard, but what incentive to trim down :-) Hmmm... Doing my weight in pounds is actually doable. That only adds another 50-60 pushups per day. :-) I think I'll stick to twice my age. Age sounds good too (for now -- I'd be curious whether there are any 80 year ...

kayvan

As of my 41st birthday (August 19th) I came up with the idea that I would do at least twice my weight in pushups every day.

I hope you mean twice your age .... Good idea too, I may have to incorporate that!

Yes, I meant twice my age.

When I do my requisite 82 per day, I sometimes just do a few ...

kayvan

Awesome! I'm so happy to hear (and see!) you're still with it.

Great picture, you look very lean and strong.

Reinhard

Thanks, Reinhard!

As of my 41st birthday (August 19th) I came up with the idea that I would do at least twice my weight in pushups every day. My thinking is that by the time I ...

kayvan

david wrote:Good work! Has your weight or BF% changed since your physical?

--david

Yes. I've lost another 5-8 pounds or so (most days my weight fluctuates between 137 and 140) and the Tanita body-fat reading is around 15-16% now with the occasional 14% reading.

---Kayvan

kayvan

In another month or so, it will be one year of shovelgloving for me.

Here is my recent picture, as of yesterday (10/6/07):

kayvan

So, I've been doing a lot of the following pattern: Left hand, then right hand of

21 x Shoveling
21 x one-handed butter churn
21 x chop wood
21 x flip lever
21 x hoist the sack.

Followed by 14 reps of same, and finishing with 7, for a total of 42 of each.

Yesterday, I decided to change things a ...

kayvan

Hey! Congratulations on keeping up with this! Sound like you are having fun.

kayvan

So, adding the oil adds up to 400 calories -- that's basically a small meal. How do you drop those extra calories from meals?

(that is, how is this different from the miracle-hunger-cure of eating more food?)

For me, 3 TSP per day is 360 calories. The calorie uptake is more than offset by the ...

kayvan

True enough milczar, at its most basic level, it takes willpower.

However, if you can tweak the systems that maintain body weight (the so-called "ponderostat" which controls the regulation of weight through appetite, levels of leptin in the blood, intestinal absorption, metabolic rate), then you ...

kayvan

Hi everyone.

I was curious about this, and I read Dr. Roberts' papers, his book and an article online ( What Makes Food Fattening: A Pavlovian Theory of Weight Control ). I started experimenting.

I can tell you that it works. Considering that I am quite skeptical and not expecting any big results ...

kayvan

That's a fun move. It reminds me of the beginning of some of my Shao Lin kung fu routines.

kayvan

Thanks, Reinhard. I read the other thread and private-messaged the original author. I'm looking for a way to kickstart my weight loss for the last ten pounds.

I've been religiously sticking to my shovelglove routine and my 3-5 times of cardio, including some HIIT style sessions on the elliptical. I ...

kayvan

Anyone here have any experience with Seth Roberts's Shangri-La Diet?

---Kayvan

kayvan

As of a couple of days ago, I have been shovelgloving for 6 months.

Sometimes I do the shovelglove in my cubicle, while babysitting a build. All my officemates think it's normal now.

I love it!

Best regards,

---Kayvan

kayvan

Hi Reinhard,

Your "Flip Lever" link from the movements page shows an empty directory (no description, no video).

Best regards,

---Kayvan

kayvan

Cool! You are looking good.

I'm happy to see you are around and to get your updates; it's inspiring to me.

---Kayvan

kayvan

I have been faithfully sticking to the routine for about four months now.

The other day, at the local playground, I jumped up on the pull-up bar and to my utter amazement and delight was able to do 5 pull-ups. A couple of days later, I went back and was able to do 7 pull-ups.

I have never been ...

kayvan

I just got an email back from Arnel saying he'll put in a prominent link ASAP. In fact, I see it's up now.

I think some good will come of this. Shovelglove has clearly worked very well for him, and he's got some nice additional moves (though I have to wonder where he got them from...) that would ...

kayvan

Watch this video:

http://www.iwantsixpackabs.com/my_video_tips/sledgehammer.html

This guy basically stole a bunch of shovelglove ideas (with the same names even) and made a video showing "old fashioned fitness secrets" without attributing Reinhard or these pages.

He does have a couple of ...

kayvan

Quick question for all of you, have any of you achieved the same results or similar to Reinhard?

Well... I used to weigh a flabby 175 pounds in October of last year. I got tired of it and started cutting out all the snacks and fatty foods I used to eat. That dropped my weight some (about 7 pounds ...

kayvan

Kayvan,

That is awesome! Testimonials page worthy!

Congratulations!

I wish my current doctor had known me pre-shovelglove....

Reinhard

Thanks, Reinhard!

It's fun to see my words on the shovelglove testimonial page.

I have a small question: For the last few weeks I have been doing the ...

kayvan

Hi everyone!

I am so happy.

I had my yearly physical exam this morning. The doctor was clearly amazed with the changes I have made since the last time he saw me.

My weight on their scale was 144 (about 25 pounds less than their last measurement). My BP was 84/50. My resting heartrate was in the ...

kayvan

Hey Kayvan, I just wanted to congratulate you on getting so into Shovelglove and having such a great time with it, and involving your Son!
That's great!!! Six pound hammers are a good choice :)
Beware Dragons all around the world!
Hope you have a great weekend!

Thank you. Yes, it has been great ...

kayvan

david wrote:You are doing great! I like the 21/14/7 protocol as well.

--david

If I ever get through the entire set of 21/14/7, I think It'll just add another round of 7's, but I don't see that happening for a while.

kayvan

I've started playing with the following pattern (all exercises are done on the left side first, followed by the right):

21 shovel, 21 churn butter (one handed), 21 chop wood, 21 flip the lever, 21 hoist the sack

After this, I repeat the set, doing only 14 of each. If I ever get to finish the 21 ...

kayvan

Yesterday was my two month anniversary with the shovelglove. Unfortunately, I had to do a mild form of my usual routine since I had tweaked something in my right shoulder.

However, laying off it for a day, drinking lots of water, and getting some needed sleep seem to have been enough for my body to ...

kayvan

Wow. Sorry about the table...

I think between my smacking myself in the head "churning butter," Kevin's hammer head flying off, and your kitchen table, we have sufficient material for a "shovelglove mishaps" page :-)

Heh. Yeah. I had a pet mishap too. My beagle is usually asleep in the morning ...

kayvan

Recently, my outlook on fitness has been profoundly affected by Ross Enamait who has some really excellent articles on his site and a great forum community (in addition to a couple of books that I'd really like to have!).

Thanks for the link to Ross's web site. His information and outlook is ...

kayvan

I keep banging myself in the back with the hammer when I do that. I guess I should just wrap it up in a sweater or something.

And ragtime really doesn't work as Shovelgloving music, alas. I love it, but for Shovelgloving, I think that something more serious is indicated. I wish I had my recording ...

kayvan

I guess that's why I've leaned towards using the fiberglass handled sledgehammers.

Thanks for the warning, I'll pass it on to my son (who's using the 8 pounder with the wood handle).

kayvan

Yeah, for the triceps, "Hoist The Sack" also named "Scratch The Back" is the best.

kayvan

I started this on 12/12/06

Yesterday, I did anther session. I have been consistent and the bulging biceps I am developing are my tangible side-benefits.

So, for yesterday's workout, I took the shovelglove to work along with a kitchen timer, then slipped away in the middle of the day to retrieve ...

kayvan

This morning was the 28th day of my shovelglove routine.

I was doing the routine with my son (who chose to get up with me at 5:45 AM to do it). I think he was not as awake as he should have been.

Halfway through our exercise, he smacked the kitchen table pretty good. Made a pretty big noise, but ...

kayvan

In any given set, I always do the left side first. That way when time runs out I have done equal or more total volume on the left side. One benefit of shovelglove that I have noticed is that I am much more symmetrical now strength, agility, and size-wise.

--david

That's a great idea. I'll adjust ...

kayvan

I've noticed that my left arm is noticeably weaker than my right arm.

Applying the idea that to strengthen a system, you must strengthen its weakest link, I decided to add 5 reps of whatever exercise I am doing with the shovelglove, but just for the left arm .

Today was the second day of doing it ...

kayvan

Thanks, Reinhard. I'm amazed at what little consistent effort is needed to build muscle!

I can now do 25 down-to-the-floor slow and steady pushups at a pop, where a month ago I could only do 8 before I had to stop.

kayvan

I'm in the weekend now, so no shugging, but yesterday I finished my 4th week.

My son is still doing it with his smaller sledgehammer.

Have a great weekend, everyone!

kayvan

Even though Monday was Christmas, I treated myself to a normal shovelglove session.

This morning, I finished my third week of shugging.

I can now do 15 chest down to the floor pushups, slowly, with good form, without needing to rest. Shovelglove is great!!!

kayvan

This sounds very very interesting to me.

Thanks, Phayze, for sharing!

---Kayvan

kayvan

We finished the static portion of our routine in about 9 minutes today, and I even was able to move my hands a bit back from the weighted end of the sledgehammer (increasing the effort needed).

The rest of the time was spent playing around and my son and I sort of evolved a scenario that went like ...

kayvan

I took the weekend off, then started again on Monday.

Today, the invariant part of the workout (50 shovel, 20 butter-churn, 20 chop-wood, 8 levers, 20 hoist-the-sack) took about 11 minutes, giving me three minutes to have unstructured fun. I used that time to repeatedly Kill and Disembowel the ...

kayvan

Okay, thanks for the answer. I'll skip today and tomorrow and get back to it on Monday morning.

kayvan

Tomorrow is Saturday but I still feel like flinging the Shovelglove around.

My question to you all: Should I? or should I deny myself the pleasure until the next legal day (Monday morning)?

kayvan

Thanks, everyone, for the welcome.

As another former martial artist (Chinese Kung Fu), I was pleasantly surprised at the versatility and the difficulty of the shovelglove. After I have swung the sledgehammer around for a few months, doing a Kwan-Dao form will be a piece of cake.

This morning, I ...

kayvan

Hi everyone,

Some days ago, I ran across the shovelglove web page and was amused and intrigued. I went to a local hardware store and got myself a 10 pound sledgehammer (13 pounds with the fiberglass handle) and made myself a shovelglove. I love it!!! Thanks, Reinhard!

This morning was my third 14 ...

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It's been a while!

One year as of yesterday!

Coming up on the one year mark...

Checking in

Upping the number of reps...

Following up on the Shangri-La Diet

Slightly off-topic: Shangri-La Diet?

Another milestone

Missing "Flip Lever" video link from Movements Pag

Quick update at the 4 month mark

Personal Trainer Reveals That He Can Steal Ideas!

Re: Reinhard results- has anyone achieved something similar

Past the three month mark Physical Exam Results!

Changing my routine a bit

Two month anniversary

Another couple of weks done

28th day of SG

Cranking it up a tiny notch

Week 4 finished yesterday

Third week finished.

Second day, second week

Tomorrow is Saturday, but...

4th morning.

Another new member (Kayvan's progress thread)