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[telophase]

We did yardwork on Saturday morning. Toby cleaned up the immense number of twigs and sticks that had somehow gotten trapped in our yard after the past few sets of storms, and I attacked the back hedges, which were threatening to engulf the house, with the hedge trimmer.

Now I hurt all over, but especially my forearms and hands. Even my fingers have DOMS, and I don't think fingers HAVE muscles.

Comments

[yarrowkat]

fingers totally do have muscles. that, combined with the muscles in the pads of your hand and to some extent the stabilizers in the wrist, is where your grip strength comes from. an hour not-dying on a trapeze shows you exactly where you do & don't have grip strength. ;) holding power tools also does the trick. ;)

[telophase.livejournal.com]

I can vouch for the power tools now!

[yarrowkat]

a couple months into aerials training, i found my hands were hurting all the time. it took a while for me to realize it was because my major aerial-workout muscles (shoulders, traps, lats, core) had calmed down enough that i could actually *feel* all the small muscles freaking out about the extra work! but now, several years in, i am the person who opens all the stuck jars in the refrigerator, even though i am the tiniest person in the house, because there is nothing like not-falling-off-a-trapeze for fun to improve your grip strength.

[telophase.livejournal.com]

Hee! I have to make Toby open all the jars as is. XD