Gym Membership or Addiction?

My Quack-O-Practor gave me the devil for cutting wood today. He said, I should give up firewood making and join the gym if I wanted to stay fit. He also suggested that I get the house insulated.
What the heck? Spend money on a gym membership and drive 30 miles one way to work out. Doesn't make sense to me. I can walk out my back door, make firewood, enjoy it and get a workout.
Am I missing something? Maybe I need to check into one of those addiction centers.

 

He's partially on the right track.
Insulation will allow less firewood use, hence, less firewood processing.
I'm working on that myself.

 

I'm of the mind set to train how you fight. Nothing gets you in better shape for cutting/hauling wood, than to cut/haul wood.Just don't wear out your body in the process.

 

I went to a Chiropractor years ago. He said I needed to be adjusted once a week for the rest of my life. I left, never went back and my back rarely bothers me. Drop the quack and split the stack!

 

Don't want to go against the chiropractor's advice, but the current rage among strength trainers is called "core work." Our HS football players flip 400 pound tires from a farm tractor over and over, and then Beat on the tires with sledge hammers. Sounds a lot like picking up rounds and splitting them by hand!

 

I have a good chiropractor that has worked wonders in my life and my wife's at times. He doesn't tell me to stop cutting wood. He asks me when I'm about done with treatment if I am still cutting a lot of wood. "yes sir I am"...."I'll see you again then" ...lol. It is hard work but I try to work smarter rather than harder these days.

 

You know your body better than anyone. If you can split firewood, then I say go ahead. If you are doing it to stay fit you might want to add walking or some other cardio exercise.

 

I liked what everyone has said. I have never been to a chiropractor but can see the advantages in certain situations. My heart doctor told me not to stop C/S/S. Granted I don't do it everyday but I do some physical work everyday. Some of that work I need to adjust my "angle of attack". I ain't 35 anymore and I need to adjust. Still get things done just not as fast as I used to. It is sorta like the tortoise and the hare. The older one get more like a tortoise one becomes.
The heart doctor also said that a good walk ..... daily is a must. That I got to work on.

 

I doubt it's so much the work you do that the chiropractor is worried about, but rather how you do it. While swinging a maul and carrying heavy logs is good for your muscles and heart, the constant bending over while running a saw or picking up logs using your back vs knees is not good for your back.