Hello, I'm new!
Posted: Fri Jun 27, 2008 10:31 am
I signed up yesterday, and today I went out and bought a sledgehammer, so I thought I'd say hello! This is such a brilliantly simple and functional idea, I had to give it a try.
The obligatory bit about me: I'm a 45-year-old, 5'5" girl who has always done some form of exercise - I walk everywhere (I haven't had a car for about 9 years), I like swimming and I also cycle a lot - up until recently I spent 6 months of the year cycling to work which is 14 miles away (I now mostly work from home). I also do yoga and Pilates, a bit sporadically.
I started working out with weights after hitting 40 and reading about weight training and maintaining your bone density (also I'm a bit fed up with my classic female cr*p upper body strength). After injuring a shoulder doing 'isolation' exercises, I wanted to do more functional stuff, and became a devotee of Mistress Krista, which is how I came across Shovelglove. I had been thinking about kettlebells, but this seems easier, cheaper and more fun (though kettlebells still sound like fun!)
I've got a 10lb hammer, figuring that as I regularly work out with a pair of 5kg dumbbells (about 11lb each) that would be a reasonable place to start, but VERY CAREFULLY. I'll post up progress!
Just to add that I love the whole Everyday Systems concept. I've been working on trying to establish habits for a few years now, and this looks like it would help quite a lot.
Geographical and nationality footnote: I'm a Brit - actually I'm Welsh, though I live in south-west London in the UK.
The obligatory bit about me: I'm a 45-year-old, 5'5" girl who has always done some form of exercise - I walk everywhere (I haven't had a car for about 9 years), I like swimming and I also cycle a lot - up until recently I spent 6 months of the year cycling to work which is 14 miles away (I now mostly work from home). I also do yoga and Pilates, a bit sporadically.
I started working out with weights after hitting 40 and reading about weight training and maintaining your bone density (also I'm a bit fed up with my classic female cr*p upper body strength). After injuring a shoulder doing 'isolation' exercises, I wanted to do more functional stuff, and became a devotee of Mistress Krista, which is how I came across Shovelglove. I had been thinking about kettlebells, but this seems easier, cheaper and more fun (though kettlebells still sound like fun!)
I've got a 10lb hammer, figuring that as I regularly work out with a pair of 5kg dumbbells (about 11lb each) that would be a reasonable place to start, but VERY CAREFULLY. I'll post up progress!
Just to add that I love the whole Everyday Systems concept. I've been working on trying to establish habits for a few years now, and this looks like it would help quite a lot.
Geographical and nationality footnote: I'm a Brit - actually I'm Welsh, though I live in south-west London in the UK.