Anyone cut firewood for health/exercise?

[Jstpssng]

I don't cut anything that I can't lift by hand. All of the trees that big on my own property were long gone before I bought the place.
Most of my firewood comes from timber harvest jobs, after the wood has been trucked. There's generally someplace every year where we cut a lot of hardwood logs so there are plenty of ends lying around.

 

[MoKelly]

My son (24 years old) loves chopping up wood for fires. He goes thru the woods, finds downed trees, chainsaws into logs then hand splits. He hauls it out with the 4 wheeler and a trailer.

He uses a lot of what he does in bonfires for his friends in Fall, Winter and Spring.

It’s the best exercise he gets.

He could do it for years and still have more to do.

MoKelly

 

[ning]

Splitting wood can be aerobic if you don't let up at all but it takes crazy strength to be able to split the oak around here at that rate; I'm not strong enough to swing the maul rapidly enough to maintain aerobic threshold.

Regardless of how you're doing it though, it's pretty good core exercise, even if not aerobic.

I personally do it because

• I've got all this wood and nobody else is going to split it
• I can burn it and reduce heating bills
• I can put off other chores because this apparently has to get done
• I enjoy the obvious completion of a task ("look at all that wood that got split!") compared to many of the other things I do which seem to never get done regardless of how much effort I put into them

Muscular gains as a result are a happy side effect.

 

[Fuddy1952]

Anyone near S. Central Virginia want 4-5 cords of free oak? Let me know...free & I'll help load it!

 

[Fuddy1952]

I found a taker for wood. Our friend and neighbors brother wants it. That works out great for me since I know him and he lives 10m away.

 

[Fuddy1952]

Well...that's out!
Guy said his back hurts so if I cut it, split & deliver it he'll take it. What tha!
If I burned wood & someone offered lots of wood free, some I'd have to cut & split I'd get it. Main part is about 50" across.

 

[s219]

If you were closer I'd be all over that oak!

 

[oosik]

I've had the same experience as Fuddy - post #57. It will be a cold day in Hell when that happens.

 

[Fuddy1952]

If you were closer I'd be all over that oak!

Where are you in Virginia?

 

[turnkey4099]

I'm 86 and still cutting, hauling, splitting, butning and selling. Been at it since 1977...well, really since I was a pup as I was spliting and piling wood back when I was a kid. 20 years out due to AF service. I do it to keep in shape as well as enjoying the work. Used to do aroun 14-16 cord a year burning 6 cord, seeling the overs. I've slowed down a bunch over the past several years.

I always did enjoy manual splitting but the amount going through the wood yard got to big and I had to go to hydraulic splitters.

Someone back early in this thread mention aerobics. "wooding" really isnot all that good for that, mostly it invovles working in a small area. Does great for muscle tone though.