Low impact wood splitting

Wood chopping area This entry is intended for women. Men, feel free to read along --- I'm not going to be talking about reusable sanitary pads (not in this entry, at least). I'm only warning you because it might not be as relevant to you.

Why is this aimed at women? Because I read somewhere that women tend to have stronger legs while men tend to have stronger arms --- and this has been very true when comparing me and Mark. I watch us work and notice that I dig with my feet while he digs with his arms, I happily trot up hills while he happily lifts heavy weights, and so forth. This post is also for women because up to 9% of women have carpal tunnel (like me) while only 2% of men have carpal tunnel.

Both of these sets of statistics are very relevant when it comes to one of the major chores of winter --- chopping wood! Wood chopping takes major upper body strength and can also really exacerbate your carpal tunnel. Luckily, I've found that by chopping smarter, I can chop quite a bit of wood (though I don't compare to Mark's levels.) So, how to chop smart? Read more....

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