Another great video Mike . Yes some good advice from the ladies . Always enjoy seeing Melissa in your videos . It makes my day seeing her smile . Thanks
A great privilege to have access to such an ergonomic wood spliter. Wish that all your viewers were wealthy enough to own one. Those of us without the means still do it the old-fashioned way, with an axe and maul and a lot of hard work. Not complaining, I love the workout, as well as the feeling of accomplishment that I provided for my family without costly machinery.
Actually that was very good information. Thank you very much and thanks to the ladies for helping out. I hurt a lot after a day of cutting, splitting and stacking fire wood.
My biggest problem is knowing what's "too heavy" when bucking logs to line them up for equipment or cutting. Just being strong enough to easily hand move something doesn't mean I won't hurt myself. The best "trick" I know from my time working with drill rigs is to lever anything long and heavy up on its far end to a comfy carrying height and then, moving feet as necessary, slide hands under the middle and let the far end teeter totter up. That lets you pick up only half the weight with your back; carrying it is mostly legs. The second best tip is don't force the ax unless you need to. Stop driving it and loosen your grip a little just before you hit the log to soften impact on your wrists and elbows compared to white knuckling it all the way through the log. Think of it as flicking the ax at the log without letting go when you have an easy split lined up.
I was just helping a friend this weekend cleanup a fallen Oak. This has been a several week project just because of the size and weather. Yesterday I went all out and gathered an entire pickup load and made some real progress on it. About half way through the day I literally stopped and thought I don't know how Mike does this because my back was getting sore. Then you posted this video. That's amazing. Tell Jess and Carly thanks for the tips and thanks for sharing.
Mike - so cool that your are mixing your passion with Melissa's! I'm glad you're sharing your youtube success with the family. Great advice from the girls on this one! Much appreciated! thanks mike and melissa
This just gets better and better, those ladies offer sound advice to anyone doing heavy lifting or continuous manual labour. Be extra careful on uneven ground everyone. Thanks for the humour Melissa, good joke.
Mike, Melissa, that was hugely helpful! I’ve been dealing with both the sore lower back AND the sore right elbow - because I’m regularly using one hand to move the just-split wood. I hand split all my wood so it’s a lot of bending, twisting, etc. Those were good tips. Thank you! And my thanks to Jes and Carly for sharing their helpful knowledge. Another great video!
Fantastic info. The worst back injury I ever had was after a day of twisting, lifting, throwing 3 foot lengths of firewood. All the things they mentioned not to do, I did. Not anymore of course. :)
i would like to thank you ladies for these tips . I actually do firewood a lot , handsplit , and have a wallenstein , log splitter also that i use for most of my wood. I have had a herniated L4 and with a lot of chiro and the right excercises managed to get that fixed . I am aware of taking care of my back but sometimes bad habits take over after many hours of doing the repeative work. These tips are easy to remember and will make me more aware so many thanks . I am from British Columbia . New subscriber . Found you through Buckin Billy Rays channel . love your equipment and your beautiful acreage. have a great 2020.
Great video and info. I will be getting my third back surgery soon, all because I thought I was indestructible when I was young and did not take care of my back. Thanks for trying to help folks to prevent back injuries. Bob
Mike thank you for the knowledge in your videos. I had the opportunity to start my day at my local gym and work out with a young man with Down syndrome Finish my day with your video has been one of my best days in memory. Thank all 4 of you.
Does Melissa ever stop smiling? Jeez Mike, you hit the jackpot!!!! Thank you for your videos. It's relaxing to watch right before I turn the lights off at the end of the day. New recruits were great! Thanks for the refresher. I get into my work sometimes, and forget the basics. 👍
I just recently joined your channel and really enjoy watching your show. I operate a hay and feed store. I will show this video to my 2 loaders. Most of what these ladies talk about pertains to our line of work. Your place looks like the ultimate outdoor mans dream. Keep up the awsome content.
You know, with my wife and I recently getting our first wood burning stove and just getting into needing to cut firewood on a regular basis, this was not something that I think alot of people think about much. Yet, avoiding injury (especially in a homestead / remote setting) can be extremely important. Thanks for making this video, hopefully it saves people from injury in the future.
Thanks Mike and Melissa and your guest speakers for the great information. I’ll bet it took a while to film and edit this one, someone was having a great time;-) That’s for sharing.
I threw my back out three weeks ago cutting and stacking firewood. I was setting a round down I had picked up and extended to far beyond my center of gravity just like she demonstrated. I did it early in the day and decided to just push through the pain, that was a mistake. The next day I couldn’t get out of bed. It was a good week before I could do anything. I’m finally to the point where I am about back to normal. I appreciate the tips. My dad told me if you want to learn how to pick anything up watch a baby. A baby always has perfect form picking objects up.
I am about 15 miles S of Pittsburgh, and have a lawn service business. I am in the middle of leaf work, just like you. Little of what was offered was helpful to me. Heavy raking, in/out/over beds, around obstacles with blower, push/pull wheeled blower, dragging tarps of leaves, carrying a full tarp of leaves over the shoulder (the ultimate of lift and twist as the load is swung over the right shoulder). During the mowing season, heavy lifting of large grass catchers loaded with grass, not something to be carried close to the body (belly button, as the video says). Bottom line: back, shoulders, and knees take a lickin'. I've done it for over 20 years, and have not found good ways to get the job done, and yet preserve the body. Maybe the two ladies from the crossfit have ideas... Thanks.
Thanks for the demonstration Ladies. Lower back pain is a serious problem. Also that elbow tendinitis hit home; My elbow was sore for a week recently, I thought it was overexertion from chin ups But after listening to your advice I now think it was handling wood junks...thanks for the advice. btw My son has a MSc in Physiotherapy up here in Canada, and he says the same thing, “Central stability before peripheral mobility” And as my long gone Grandma used to say re posture “ sit tall, stand tall, walk tall... Could you please do another safe work video on proper stance and posture for Chain Saw use? Regards, Ed
wish th ese ladies had been around on the farm where I grew up on. I wouldn 't have hurt my back so much. really didn't learn about how to lift until I got in the seervice. Thanks a lot for the information ladies; i will try to remember it. thanks for a very good video.
Great info Morgans! I just love waiting to see what you do next. I'm off to commemorate the end of WW1 and remember the fallen in a few hours. 11/11 is a big day in the UK and at 11am I'll be with daughters and our friends saying 'Thank you' to the millions who lost their lives in the Great War.
Really god tips! My back muscles fatigue quite quickly when cutting up a log (with chainsaw) that is on the ground. I am self taught in everything I do on our property. Perhaps The next in this series could be body position and muscular skeletal injuries from chainsaw use? Most men, myself included, just want to 'get er done' and just deal with the discomfort later, I think we should all take note of these helpful tips, thanks again. Adam
Some very good information. My problem is that i can get caught up in the moment and forget all of the right ways...duh! This video was well worth the time. Thanks to everyone.
Awesome advice. I have always found the best way not to hurt your back is to have someone else do it for me ! After 3 back surgeries, I kinda have too, lol.
Great video very informative! Look forward to your uploads daily, two a day would be great😉 Trying to catch up on all your channel uploads keep up the great work.
Another great video, i must say, ive really been enjoying your videos, and for whatever reason find myself enjoying watching something as simple as firewood being split. Then i go split some of my own lol Keep up the great work!
Awesome video. I am in training of Kra Maga. And yes, the core is most important. Thanks for reminding me that the core is 360 degrees. Far to often, the focus is on the abdomen and not the side, back or center of gravity. Great lesson!
"Over patterning" I think I got it, use simple motion under load. I've wrecked my back more than anybody wants to know. Did jobs over and over where I knew I'd be laid up a week sometimes two afterward. Come to find out the real pain was muscle spasms. I also get leg cramps at night. I overheard people talking about magnesium and zink for cramps. Tried it and cramps went away in a week. But the kicker is my back spasms stopped also. Then months later I began getting migraines. Somehow I figured out they came from the magnesium and zink so I had to stop them. I bet you just need to take the least amount that's effective, but wow those headaches turned me. lately I tried the Theraworx and oh joy it works. I barely use any and it's still effective.
Outdoors With The Morgans 16 inch wide 8 point nice deer to me. Made an awesome shot, he only went 60 yards. It’s been freezing cold last few days 19 this morning. Sat 11 hours yesterday n 5 today glad I don’t have to go back out tomorrow ha ha.
Very cool video! Only critique I "might" have, from the back seat, is for you, Mike. I'd like to see a little more knee bend when you split with the ax. That will help insure that, if you miss-hit the log, you won't bury the ax into your leg. I learned that trick from another RUclipsr while I was splitting wood up at my Michigan property early this fall. Really informative stuff here!!! Thanks!!
Prayers were answered when I finally got a wood splitter. When I was younger cutting and splitting by hand 5-6 pickup loads a day was no problem Why do we have to get old? Things just don't work as well as they do when you're in your 20's.
Great Info, I am yelling at the kids at work all the time for lifting the wrong way, they twist while lifting, use the back instead of the legs, over reach, hold elbows out, ,just about everything you can do wrong they do, ,this sort of training is real important so we do not get to OLD in the back at a young age
Hi ladies. Great tips. One thing I’d like to add is when you talk about creating that intra-abdominal pressure it is very important you are not holding your breath throughout a movement (it was mentioned your able to maintain a conversation I believe). I have had many patients become light headed after strenuous activity because of this issue. Seems a common interpretation which I don’t believe you’re saying here is essentially the valsalva maneuver. Again all of the info was great I just feel from my clinical experience that’s a very important point to drive home.
Some great Tips from some great looking woman, and as my Daddy always used to say never argue with a woman. Anyway I have protruding Discs L1 - L5 and now my arthritis getting to the T parts of my spine, I suffer from sciatica which is very painful but managed with help of morphine. Also I suffer from PTSD and GAD and distraction is my best solution to keeping that under control. As mentioned I acknowledge to keep moving despite discomfort is the best way to move forward , and the woods and cutting wood etc I just love to bits. Sadly I never know when to quit. Only the other day I was fine done my work and then planned to get back to house. I had done that much I had no strength left in my legs, my muscles were that weak I could not walk and had to call my 15 year old son to come out with a couple of friends to get me home. I am only just back on my feet after 72 hours in my bed. These instances wont stop me , I will be back out tomorrow but all of the pointers mentioned I am going to try. So today I will watch the video a good few times and take all the pointers into consideration and hopefully they will help. Mike this was a very good video to put up as I know your a fellow back pain sufferer and Im sure a lot more out there were same age so I dont think its early old age coming to me. Its just a thing when young I think everyone over 40 kept quiet about and well me thought these things only happen when one is 80 years old and over. So thanks again keep up the great videos I just love them. Regards Nick
What they said. Do wood splitting in small doses to build up your muscles. You'll find sore muscles where you didn't know you had muscles on short order when doing things wrong.
I guess yhey would not have approved of the 36" maple rounds I loaded into my pickup by myself many years ago. I used to cut wood every Saturday by myself in some pretty remote locations. It was that or be cold for the week. Went through a set of rear springs on that truck. Lol
Morgan's you're killing me...this was very helpful. How is Kapper Man going to respond to this. thank you this was very helpful because i overdo everything and usually end up on an operating table.
OK Mike, I think I got it. To avoid back injury, get three hot ladies to do all the heavy lifting for you. Makes perfect sense.
comlbbeau I think you should do that weather or not you have a bad back !
Another great video Mike . Yes some good advice from the ladies . Always enjoy seeing Melissa in your videos . It makes my day seeing her smile . Thanks
Awesome Awesome Tips To minimize injuries!!👍👊
A great privilege to have access to such an ergonomic wood spliter. Wish that all your viewers were wealthy enough to own one. Those of us without the means still do it the old-fashioned way, with an axe and maul and a lot of hard work. Not complaining, I love the workout, as well as the feeling of accomplishment that I provided for my family without costly machinery.
Only Mike gets 3 athletic females for firewood help. You did something right buddy!
Winning
i cant believe this is free! great video Mike!
Actually that was very good information. Thank you very much and thanks to the ladies for helping out. I hurt a lot after a day of cutting, splitting and stacking fire wood.
Good advice ladies, it made me wanna start focusing more on what I'm doing when outside working... Didn't mind the wind noise at all Mike. 👍
Looks like you had a fun day and that grapple on the tractor is awesome
My helpers never look that good. Good advise ladies. Keep up the good work Mike.
My biggest problem is knowing what's "too heavy" when bucking logs to line them up for equipment or cutting. Just being strong enough to easily hand move something doesn't mean I won't hurt myself. The best "trick" I know from my time working with drill rigs is to lever anything long and heavy up on its far end to a comfy carrying height and then, moving feet as necessary, slide hands under the middle and let the far end teeter totter up. That lets you pick up only half the weight with your back; carrying it is mostly legs. The second best tip is don't force the ax unless you need to. Stop driving it and loosen your grip a little just before you hit the log to soften impact on your wrists and elbows compared to white knuckling it all the way through the log. Think of it as flicking the ax at the log without letting go when you have an easy split lined up.
I was just helping a friend this weekend cleanup a fallen Oak. This has been a several week project just because of the size and weather. Yesterday I went all out and gathered an entire pickup load and made some real progress on it. About half way through the day I literally stopped and thought I don't know how Mike does this because my back was getting sore. Then you posted this video. That's amazing. Tell Jess and Carly thanks for the tips and thanks for sharing.
Mike - so cool that your are mixing your passion with Melissa's! I'm glad you're sharing your youtube success with the family. Great advice from the girls on this one! Much appreciated! thanks mike and melissa
This just gets better and better, those ladies offer sound advice to anyone doing heavy lifting or continuous manual labour. Be extra careful on uneven ground everyone. Thanks for the humour Melissa, good joke.
Very good info!!! Thank you all very much!!
Mike, Melissa, that was hugely helpful! I’ve been dealing with both the sore lower back AND the sore right elbow - because I’m regularly using one hand to move the just-split wood. I hand split all my wood so it’s a lot of bending, twisting, etc. Those were good tips. Thank you! And my thanks to Jes and Carly for sharing their helpful knowledge. Another great video!
Great video. I wish I had this info about 12 years ago ago, maybe I wouldn’t be hurting now....Thank ladies. 👍👍👍👍
Wow ... I’m gonna have to start hanging around in Western Pennsylvania a bit more ! You ladies got these NY girls beat by a country mile 😉
Intelligent strong people. Great information for everyone. Knowledge is king.
God bless.
Fantastic info. The worst back injury I ever had was after a day of twisting, lifting, throwing 3 foot lengths of firewood. All the things they mentioned not to do, I did. Not anymore of course. :)
i would like to thank you ladies for these tips . I actually do firewood a lot , handsplit , and have a wallenstein , log splitter also that i use for most of my wood. I have had a herniated L4 and with a lot of chiro and the right excercises managed to get that fixed . I am aware of taking care of my back but sometimes bad habits take over after many hours of doing the repeative work. These tips are easy to remember and will make me more aware so many thanks . I am from British Columbia . New subscriber . Found you through Buckin Billy Rays channel . love your equipment and your beautiful acreage. have a great 2020.
Great video and info. I will be getting my third back surgery soon, all because I thought I was indestructible when I was young and did not take care of my back. Thanks for trying to help folks to prevent back injuries.
Bob
Mike thank you for the knowledge in your videos. I had the opportunity to start my day at my local gym and work out with a young man with Down syndrome Finish my day with your video has been one of my best days in memory. Thank all 4 of you.
Does Melissa ever stop smiling? Jeez Mike, you hit the jackpot!!!! Thank you for your videos. It's relaxing to watch right before I turn the lights off at the end of the day. New recruits were great! Thanks for the refresher. I get into my work sometimes, and forget the basics. 👍
I just recently joined your channel and really enjoy watching your show. I operate a hay and feed store. I will show this video to my 2 loaders. Most of what these ladies talk about pertains to our line of work. Your place looks like the ultimate outdoor mans dream. Keep up the awsome content.
You know, with my wife and I recently getting our first wood burning stove and just getting into needing to cut firewood on a regular basis, this was not something that I think alot of people think about much. Yet, avoiding injury (especially in a homestead / remote setting) can be extremely important. Thanks for making this video, hopefully it saves people from injury in the future.
Good solid advice and great scenery, thanks ladies. Mike, the videos keep getting better.
Good program!! For some, a great reminder; for others, a super introduction to maintaining a healthy core.
Thanks Mike and Melissa and your guest speakers for the great information. I’ll bet it took a while to film and edit this one, someone was having a great time;-) That’s for sharing.
Very helpful & informative
Looking forward to trying some of these tips as I seem to hammer my back when lifting and splitting sometimes. Thanks Mike and crew!
I threw my back out three weeks ago cutting and stacking firewood. I was setting a round down I had picked up and extended to far beyond my center of gravity just like she demonstrated. I did it early in the day and decided to just push through the pain, that was a mistake. The next day I couldn’t get out of bed. It was a good week before I could do anything. I’m finally to the point where I am about back to normal. I appreciate the tips. My dad told me if you want to learn how to pick anything up watch a baby. A baby always has perfect form picking objects up.
Good evening. Thanks for the heads up. Appreciate there time as well. Wind noise wasn't bad. Like you said just need to power through.
Good advice very informative from professionals i would like more of these.
I am about 15 miles S of Pittsburgh, and have a lawn service business. I am in the middle of leaf work, just like you. Little of what was offered was helpful to me. Heavy raking, in/out/over beds, around obstacles with blower, push/pull wheeled blower, dragging tarps of leaves, carrying a full tarp of leaves over the shoulder (the ultimate of lift and twist as the load is swung over the right shoulder). During the mowing season, heavy lifting of large grass catchers loaded with grass, not something to be carried close to the body (belly button, as the video says). Bottom line: back, shoulders, and knees take a lickin'. I've done it for over 20 years, and have not found good ways to get the job done, and yet preserve the body. Maybe the two ladies from the crossfit have ideas... Thanks.
Well done! I am going to be teaching this stuff early next year where I work. We call it "Controlling Curves"
Great video! Fun and informative! Protect your core always. Thank you all :)
Thanks for the demonstration Ladies.
Lower back pain is a serious problem.
Also that elbow tendinitis hit home; My elbow was sore for a week recently, I thought it was overexertion from chin ups
But after listening to your advice I now think it was handling wood junks...thanks for the advice.
btw My son has a MSc in Physiotherapy up here in Canada, and he says the same thing, “Central stability before peripheral mobility”
And as my long gone Grandma used to say re posture “ sit tall, stand tall, walk tall...
Could you please do another safe work video
on proper stance and posture for Chain Saw use?
Regards, Ed
wish th ese ladies had been around on the farm where I grew up on. I wouldn 't have hurt my back so much. really didn't learn about how to lift until I got in the seervice. Thanks a lot for the information ladies; i will try to remember it. thanks for a very good video.
Nice job ladies. Mike is a lucky man.....
Great info Morgans! I just love waiting to see what you do next. I'm off to commemorate the end of WW1 and remember the fallen in a few hours. 11/11 is a big day in the UK and at 11am I'll be with daughters and our friends saying 'Thank you' to the millions who lost their lives in the Great War.
Really god tips!
My back muscles fatigue quite quickly when cutting up a log (with chainsaw) that is on the ground. I am self taught in everything I do on our property. Perhaps The next in this series could be body position and muscular skeletal injuries from chainsaw use?
Most men, myself included, just want to 'get er done' and just deal with the discomfort later, I think we should all take note of these helpful tips, thanks again. Adam
Real good tips from getting hurt
#2 fire wood prosseser lol
Great video, Mike.
Great info here Mike. I learned to stop doing the two things that were causing me the biggest problems. Back and elbow problems. Thank you.
Good practical info here. Thanks Mike & Melissa
Nice job ladies👍🏻
Great job Ladies
Some very good information. My problem is that i can get caught up in the moment and forget all of the right ways...duh!
This video was well worth the time. Thanks to everyone.
A lot of great tips. Thank you for your time ladies. God bless
Great advise - thanks for the video
Great info Mike.
Awesome advice. I have always found the best way not to hurt your back is to have someone else do it for me ! After 3 back surgeries, I kinda have too, lol.
Alleve, the friend of every woodcutter
Really good tips, thanks for putting this video together, It was another great vid.
Thank you all very much for the great advice! Very helpful I’m going to pt now and it’s helping very much old injuries aren’t fun lol
I just split the logs sitting on the ground. Great video, keep up the good work.
Good video! Back injuries suck... I like your setup for firewood!
Great information! From the comments, you may want to do a video after you have hurt your back how best to work after that. Thanks Mike and Melissa!
Great video very informative! Look forward to your uploads daily, two a day would be great😉
Trying to catch up on all your channel uploads keep up the great work.
Another great video, i must say, ive really been enjoying your videos, and for whatever reason find myself enjoying watching something as simple as firewood being split. Then i go split some of my own lol
Keep up the great work!
Awesome video. I am in training of Kra Maga. And yes, the core is most important. Thanks for reminding me that the core is 360 degrees. Far to often, the focus is on the abdomen and not the side, back or center of gravity. Great lesson!
That was very good. A lot of info and some things I was not aware of. Thank you for that.
"Over patterning" I think I got it, use simple motion under load. I've wrecked my back more than anybody wants to know. Did jobs over and over where I knew I'd be laid up a week sometimes two afterward. Come to find out the real pain was muscle spasms. I also get leg cramps at night. I overheard people talking about magnesium and zink for cramps. Tried it and cramps went away in a week. But the kicker is my back spasms stopped also. Then months later I began getting migraines. Somehow I figured out they came from the magnesium and zink so I had to stop them. I bet you just need to take the least amount that's effective, but wow those headaches turned me. lately I tried the Theraworx and oh joy it works. I barely use any and it's still effective.
Pushing & pulling objects is a big strain in the lower back and core as well .. Exelent video ladies ...👍
Thanks for the advise
I have a 10 min routine I do to get ready, it involves drugs, and topical creams while watching Outdoors with the Morgans.
I watch your videos to see a nice and neat wood pile. Mine will never be half that good.
Shot my bow buck tonight and an ODWTM video, today is a good day. Thumbs up
What did you get Doug?
Outdoors With The Morgans 16 inch wide 8 point nice deer to me. Made an awesome shot, he only went 60 yards. It’s been freezing cold last few days 19 this morning. Sat 11 hours yesterday n 5 today glad I don’t have to go back out tomorrow ha ha.
Congrats!
Great video. Very helpful. Thanks goin to use all the tips
Great job Ladies! Very good info.
Great advice! Thanks for the video!
Outdoors with Melissa. Has a nice ring to it. I like it Mike. 👍👍👍👍👍👍
Very well done ! Keep up the good work !
Thanks for another great video.
A lot of helpful tips. Thank you!
Great information. Thanks for sharing. Melissa...that smirk you have is too funny. LOL
Great information in today's video. I will give it a try.
Nice Stihl winter hats . Never have seen them in the stores
Good info, thanks Mr and Mrs Morgan. Ron
Great video! Very much appreciate the great advice!
Very cool video! Only critique I "might" have, from the back seat, is for you, Mike. I'd like to see a little more knee bend when you split with the ax. That will help insure that, if you miss-hit the log, you won't bury the ax into your leg. I learned that trick from another RUclipsr while I was splitting wood up at my Michigan property early this fall. Really informative stuff here!!! Thanks!!
That was a great video
Prayers were answered when I finally got a wood splitter. When I was younger cutting and splitting by hand 5-6 pickup loads a day was no problem Why do we have to get old? Things just don't work as well as they do when you're in your 20's.
I'm just finding that out
I want one of those Stihl stocking hats, that's awesome! I'll have to check my local dealer
James, me too 👍😀🧙♂️
Good information from the pros.
Good info, altho Nothing was said about Bending the legs when lifting.
Well done, plenty of food for thought!!
Great Info, I am yelling at the kids at work all the time for lifting the wrong way, they twist while lifting, use the back instead of the legs, over reach, hold elbows out, ,just about everything you can do wrong they do, ,this sort of training is real important so we do not get to OLD in the back at a young age
Hi ladies. Great tips. One thing I’d like to add is when you talk about creating that intra-abdominal pressure it is very important you are not holding your breath throughout a movement (it was mentioned your able to maintain a conversation I believe). I have had many patients become light headed after strenuous activity because of this issue. Seems a common interpretation which I don’t believe you’re saying here is essentially the valsalva maneuver. Again all of the info was great I just feel from my clinical experience that’s a very important point to drive home.
Some great Tips from some great looking woman, and as my Daddy always used to say never argue with a woman. Anyway I have protruding Discs L1 - L5 and now my arthritis getting to the T parts of my spine, I suffer from sciatica which is very painful but managed with help of morphine. Also I suffer from PTSD and GAD and distraction is my best solution to keeping that under control. As mentioned I acknowledge to keep moving despite discomfort is the best way to move forward , and the woods and cutting wood etc I just love to bits. Sadly I never know when to quit. Only the other day I was fine done my work and then planned to get back to house. I had done that much I had no strength left in my legs, my muscles were that weak I could not walk and had to call my 15 year old son to come out with a couple of friends to get me home. I am only just back on my feet after 72 hours in my bed. These instances wont stop me , I will be back out tomorrow but all of the pointers mentioned I am going to try. So today I will watch the video a good few times and take all the pointers into consideration and hopefully they will help. Mike this was a very good video to put up as I know your a fellow back pain sufferer and Im sure a lot more out there were same age so I dont think its early old age coming to me. Its just a thing when young I think everyone over 40 kept quiet about and well me thought these things only happen when one is 80 years old and over. So thanks again keep up the great videos I just love them. Regards Nick
Good reminder about how to lift things, always forget especially when getting fatigued.
Great video and advice.
What they said. Do wood splitting in small doses to build up your muscles. You'll find sore muscles where you didn't know you had muscles on short order when doing things wrong.
I guess yhey would not have approved of the 36" maple rounds I loaded into my pickup by myself many years ago. I used to cut wood every Saturday by myself in some pretty remote locations. It was that or be cold for the week. Went through a set of rear springs on that truck. Lol
More great information from the Morgans!
Mike, that is some impressive core muscles going on there. ;) Good job on mixing up the videos. You have upped the game on RUclips videos. Well done.
Question. How stable is the RK55? On hilly terrain while mowing or moving material. It just looks too heavy for the narrow wheelbase it has.
Does Jess and Carly want"IN" on the firewood game to with Mellisa...🔥🔥🔥
Morgan's you're killing me...this was very helpful. How is Kapper Man going to respond to this. thank you this was very helpful because i overdo everything and usually end up on an operating table.
great advise and bring them back