[TheForge] blacksmith elbow

[Phlip]

Ene bichizh ogsen baina shuu...

 I like to thank you the people on the Forge for answering my question on
the elbow It help a lot
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> jerry

Well, I've followed the thread, and I suspect that part of the problem is
that too many of you guys are hobbyists, and male, to boot- testosterone
poisoning does some strange things ;-)

As hobbyists, you mostly smith on weekends, but as males, your muscular
strength may be exceeding your joints capacities. I suspect that rather than
worrying about exercises (although if you'll do them consistantly, they may
help) you might consider doing less at a time. In other words, rather than
trying to do several hours of work all at once, with no warm up or interim
training, you might consider increasing your activities more slowly, maybe
going out to the garage for a couple hours three nights a week, rather than
pounding away on Saturday until your arm is ready to drop off.

I mean, think about it guys. Those folks who run the Boston Marathon don't
act like couch potatoes 364 days a year, and suddenly decide they're going
out to run 30 some miles just for the Hell of it. Granted, I'm a mere
female, and I put in quite a few hours at my events, but I carefully pace
myself, and I'm constantly doing some form of handicrafts which require
coordination and control- much more so than sitting at a desk does. I can go
a pretty fair distance (as long as I don't have to stand) without hurting
myself, but I suspect you guys ought to build yourselves up to the jobs you
want to do, rather than thinking you can just jump in without prewparation.

Phlip

"When in doubt, heat it up and hit it with a hammer."
 Blacksmith's credo.

 If it walks like a duck, and quacks like a duck, it is probably not a
cat.

Never a horse that cain't be rode,
And never a rider who cain't be throwed....