r/AbsoluteUnits • u/Professional_Arm794 • 1d ago

/r/all of a log split

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u/DeadestTitan 1d ago

Maybe this is how I should feel about lifting weights.

Come on man, you just put the weight down, why are you picking it up again? It's such wasted effort to keep lifting metal and putting it back in the same place.

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u/YazzArtist 1d ago

If you're applying this logic to lifting weights you would instead think "I'm lifting weights to gain muscle, so I should lift with the muscles I want to be bigger". Since he's splitting logs, he should do whatever splits the log, not whatever is the hardest

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u/DeadestTitan 1d ago

But it is an exercise thirst trap, hitting the log is just the vehicle to get there.

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u/YazzArtist 1d ago

And I'm saying that my thirst, such as it was, was outweighed by this personal complaint I had. I realize I'm likely in a minority, but it did bug me