Because I am largely housebound and not able to go to the gym, I was thinking about what I could use that I had on-hand to exercise with for the muscle groups I still have use of. What I ended up with was using a large piece of firewood, an 18 inch piece of oak 16 inches in diameter, and a pair of 4 pound reboundless hammers. This morning I tried the exercise for the first time. Hammering from my seated position using both hands for 5 minutes. Then resting one minute, then resuming another 5 minutes. Perhaps that was a bit much for a first trial, but I am bathed in sweat and my back, chest, shoulders and arms are like macaroni. Does this sound like a good regimen for an upper body only exercise? Are there any risks that you can think of that I might encounter doing this (besides hitting the cat that came down to see what daddy was doing)? It is my hope to beat off some pounds over the winter.

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