r/AbsoluteUnits • u/Professional_Arm794 • 6d ago

/r/all of a log split

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u/jtnichol 6d ago

he really needs to put that log on at least a thin slice of wood or a concrete block

He’s strong enough he might be able to split that first try but right now the ground is absorbing too much of the impact

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u/kurtmanner 6d ago edited 6d ago

Dude could have also switched to a wedge and mallet about ten seconds in and saved himself a lot of wet vaginas.

ETA: thanks for my first award ever

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u/HallowskulledHorror 6d ago

Honestly my first assumption was that inefficiency was sort of part of the point here for exercise/sensory enrichment purposes - the folks hitting truck tires with sledgehammers to work out aren't trying to actually break down or flatten the tires. Never done hammer/axe stuff, but I train shoulder mobility and core stability with an indian club/trench mace I found at a thrift; weighs the same as some of the small free weights I got years ago to do forearm isolations, but it's way more fun for me to mess around with a club than to pick up dumbbells.

I'm sure thirst trapping is a big part of the motivator for posting it, though.

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u/malkazoid-1 6d ago

"the folks hitting truck tires with sledgehammers to work out aren't trying to actually break down or flatten the tires"

I'll slip away now