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www.unconventionalathletes.com THE LUMBERJACK’S WORKOUT A CELEBRATION OF STRENGTH! RESIST MODERNIZATION GET BACK TO BASICS THE UNCONVENTIONAL WAY! Origins! In popular culture, the stereotypical lumberjack is a strong, burly, usually bearded man who lives life to brave the natural environment. He works by cutting down trees with either an axe or with the help of another lumberjack, a crosscut saw, as opposed to the modern chainsaw. Being a lumberjack was seasonal work. Lumberjacks were exclusively men. Due to its historical ties, the term lumberjack has become ingrained in popular culture through folklore, mass media and spectator sports. The actual work of a Lumberjack was difficult, dangerous, intermittent, low paying, and primitive in living conditions, but the men built a traditional culture that celebrated strength, masculinity, confrontation with danger, and resistance to modernization. THE LUMBERJACK TOURNAMENT There are also Lumberjack shows which tour the United States, demonstrating these old time lumber practices to the general public. The Lumberjack World Championships have been held annually in Hayward, Wisconsin, since 1960. Over twelve thousand visitors come to this small northern Wisconsin town each year in late July to watch men and women compete in 21 different events this includes log rolling, chopping, timed hot (power) saw and crosscut saw cutting there is also pole climbing The actual work of a Lumberjack was difficult, dangerous, intermittent, low paying, and primitive in living conditions. Issue 03 - NOVEMBER/DECEMBER EDITION 2015 Page 38
www.unconventionalathletes.com WORK YOUR CARDIO AND CORE WITH AXE TRAINING Chopping firewood is probably one of the most masculine activities you can think of, outdoors chopping wood with a powerful swing of your axe. Unfortunately, this masculine physical exertion has become less prominent because of other heating sources such as gas fireplaces and compressed logs for the fireplace. Many people think that you mainly use your arm muscles with chopping wood, but this is not entirely true. With chopping wood you burn a lot of calories and it’s much more a cardio and core training. Method 1. Grip the Axe with both hands at the bottom of the shaft and stand a bit back from the chopping block. 2. Centre yourself and bring the axe directly overhead, then explosively you strike the axe down with two hands, through the midline of your body, and split the firewood with a powerful slam in half. 3. Do this exercise for ten minutes. The log-bell POWER-SNATCH. Homemade equipment The two log-bells were made by myself; I would saw from one-trunk into two equal parts, so that the weight and thickness are the same. They are half a metre long and have a circumference of one metre. With a long wood drill I drilled holes through and through, at the place where the handle should come. The handles are made of thick rope; I have put the rope into the holes and placed a knot at the end. (In the centre I placed a piece of PVC pipe). For a concise way to build these log bells please reference my article in Issue 1 of UnconventionalAthletes.com Method 1. Grab the log-bell with both hands on the PVC pipe in the centre of the rope handle. 2. Put your feet wide enough so that the log-bell fits between your legs. 3. In an explosive move, pull the log-bell over your head to the back of your shoulders. 4. From the movement mentioned above explosively pull the log overhead back and swing it through your legs. 5. Keep your back flat as you slow down the log and repeat the movement ten times. 6. You can do this exercise in four sets of ten reps. Issue 03 - NOVEMBER/DECEMBER EDITION 2015 Page 39
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