Snow shovelling can kill

Re:Snow shovelling can kill by zzzcpan on Monday January 08, 2018 @05:30PM (#16101402)

Shoveling the next day is also likely to happen in the morning, maybe slightly after. At this time the blood pressure is rising close to its peak or even already peaking. The riskiest time to do hard physical work.

EDIT: why all the downvotes though? Do some people think doing physical work at peak blood pressure is not risky? It's not an anecdata.

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Re:Snow shovelling can kill by matte_black on Monday January 08, 2018 @05:36PM (#16101447)

So these morning gym workouts are killing us!?

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Re:Snow shovelling can kill by woolvalley on Monday January 08, 2018 @06:20PM (#16101861)

Have you tried weight lifting soon after you wake up vs 2pm in the afternoon? The strength difference is telling.

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Re:Snow shovelling can kill by matte_black on Monday January 08, 2018 @10:30PM (#16103379)

There were several years where that was basically my routine. Wake up, eat a bit, go to the gym, weightlift, go home.

I’ve been weightlifting for about 12 years though.

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Re:Snow shovelling can kill by dazc on Monday January 08, 2018 @06:30PM (#16101948)

No. I already know this is not a good idea but, strangely, I wouldn't have previously applied this obvious logic to shovelling snow?

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