Comments on: The Woodsman Workout

By: CW

CW — Thu, 09 May 2013 18:31:16 +0000

I am a woodsman – logger, firewood cutter, tree removal etc . Skip the log presses as you will eventually drop one one your head . They don’t have handles and are not evenly weighted . Lift something else . Splitting wood is a GREAT way to get a workout . If you are doing it right, you should be using your abs for power . Don’t swing down with all your shoulder/arm strengh as you will eventually make a mistake and hit a leg . Use the abs and bend your knees . If you are working on a big pile of rounds, you will find that you naturally use a lot of the lifting moves shown in the pictures . Throwing the finished pieces out of your way is a good chance to use : a two handed “basketball pass” movement, a sideways swing throw and many variations . If you don’t clear away the split wood you will find yourself tripping on it and get hurt . I use a very sharp Swedish maul that I can shave hair with and one mistake will be devastating so be smart and save you shins . I can easily split over a face cord per hour and can keep up with my buddy on his $2500.00 hydraulic splitter – as long as the pieces are pretty straight grained . I do it by hand for the workout as I can use the power splitter for the 80 cords a year we split . And I have a gas well and get free natural gas so the wood is not necessary for heat . But it is manly !

By: scottso

scottso — Mon, 25 Feb 2013 03:04:34 +0000

Ditto about that Fiskars X27. No better ax for splitting than my Fiskars. Also highly recommend the Silky Saw katanaboy 500 for those who like to cut their logs au natural with no gas or electric chainsaw. Talk about the ultimate wood workout.

By: Kevin

Kevin — Fri, 26 Oct 2012 11:46:41 +0000

You guys need to get your head screwed on straight….the best splitter BY FAR is the Fiskars x27

By: Dapper D

Dapper D — Fri, 05 Oct 2012 15:11:32 +0000

PLEASE do make an manstructional video of this!

By: Swiss

Swiss — Sat, 29 Sep 2012 22:06:11 +0000

Ah the Bear Crawl, bane of football players everywhere

By: Eain Tierney

Eain Tierney — Wed, 26 Sep 2012 20:33:42 +0000

I don’t mean to criticize you Brett however, the wood splitting pictures seem to illustrate an incorrect manner to split wood. The video is underhand chop but the physics and form should be exactly the same. Swinging the maul behind the shoulder is wasteful and potentially harmful to the body, as is “windmilling” swing the head of the maul in a circle instead of a straight line down.
I don’t mean any of this in a negative manner purely educational.

By: Thomas

Thomas — Tue, 25 Sep 2012 04:32:36 +0000

There’s only one place that hat could’ve come from…The Man Store…

By: Plumber

Plumber — Mon, 24 Sep 2012 22:53:54 +0000

Love the Firefly reference. I had forgotten about that episode, Time to break out the DVDs

By: Brent Pittman

Brent Pittman — Mon, 24 Sep 2012 22:26:30 +0000

Great hat and facial expressions! Makes me want to head to the woods to chop some wood.

By: Kurtis

Kurtis — Mon, 24 Sep 2012 21:48:36 +0000

Agree with everyone above – great post Brett!