3 ms·
While this is just anecdotal, My wife and I have a very different style -- in heavy wet snow, I take a full shovel load before tossing it, while she takes much
by Johnny555 9y ago
While this is just anecdotal, My wife and I have a very different style -- in heavy wet snow, I take a full shovel load before tossing it, while she takes much smaller shovel loads. This is probably a factor of me being larger and stronger than her, but it may also be a safer shoveling style for her to follow.
- Paul-ish 9y agoEspecially if it is the valsalva this is the problem. Large loads of snow means bigger effort, means you are more likely to valsalva.
- michaelt 9y agoI think men are also more likely to have internalised a self-image about "manning up" and pushing on when their body is telling them to stop. Or at least, every time I've seen someone staggering under the weight of a pile of chairs they can barely lift or carrying ten bags of shopping from the car in one trip, it's been a man :)
- astura 9y agoYeah, I'm really baffled by people describing shovelling snow as such a strenuous task. Since HN is mostly men I can assume that these posters are more likely than not men. I'm an out of shape woman and I don't think it's really all that difficult or taxing on my body to shovel snow. I don't mind the physical work but the time consumption is so annoying.