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Classification Essay-Chopping Wood

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There's an art to swinging a maul, to splitting the wood just right. I came to love that satisfying thunk! You must put your entire body, every muscle into it.
Chopping wood's excellent for muscle-building. First, grab a round or partial round of seasoned wood. If the wood's green, leave it a few months. The fur-people had an immense stack of wood from trees they'd felled, sitting in the sun to that precise purpose. Had, as in past tense, we soon worked through that stack.
Trees are felled, cut into rounds, slices 18 inches long and left in the sun to dry. When they become seasoned, the rounds are split into convenient sized chunks.
First, set a large hunk of seasoned wood on a chopping block. Position yourself so when swinging, the maul strikes …show more content…

It isn't necessary to be a large muscle-bound lumberjack to swing a maul with authority. Even a compact lumber-jill can swing a mean maul. It doesn't demand massive muscles, although it allows application of whatever muscle available. Plus it's wonderful exercise.
Other tasks of the stone-age household also constitute quality exercise. Carrying water's a useful surrogate for lifting weights. I also pulled a plow, a hilarious story of itself. They lack large draft animals on this world. Horses, oxen and such just aren't available, the best draft animal here walks upright on two legs!
Teena added rope climbing to the training. I'd climbed ropes in the service, although the service utilized high-tech gear. We were wimps and didn't realize it! Our regimen uses only what nature endowed. I discovered that used a rather different set of muscles. Teena claimed that the ability to scoot up a rope, or down one, might someday save my life. She darkly hinted that a predator at my heels might inspire alacrity. I took the advice to heart and worked at it. I discovered rope burns heal quickly on applying a poultice of vitelotte skins and Grow Juice. Wonderful

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