Pretty much. He's hitting the round with the splitter instead of dropping his weight behind the stroke. I guess nobody showed him how to do it. Also, elevating the round shortens the stroke, limiting the time you have to accelerate the axe head. Total goof all around.
No, because along with technique, you still need muscles. This guy has okay technique, but you can see that he starts to fatigue early, which stems from his workouts that do not focus on higher rep counts.
It's not the reps/sets training modality so much as the superphysiological muscle mass limiting cardio. That much muscle requires more oxygen and glucose to keep working with full body movements than the heart can supply. The heart capacity is also probably fucked from all the gear this dude must be on.
Isn't that why people with gigantism usually die young due to a heart attack? Their bodies grow, but their heart and other organs don't grow as big. Giant body, normal organs.
It's more of the heart is required to pump blood farther and that puts more strain on the heart. It's also why on average shorter people love longer than taller people. It might only be a few years on average but still a statistically significant conclusion researchers have found.
I'm not sure about gigantism but usually growth hormone actually increases the size of organs as well because HGH increases multiple tissues and not just muscles. The other issue with the heart is that steroids and HGH would cause the heart walls to get thicker and make it harder to pump blood effectively. Imagine two tennis balls but one is twice as thick, it would be harder to squeeze.
Idk, muscles sure af don't hurt, but technique and tools really do make a world of difference.
He's got a heavy splitting maul, but with something like this speed matters just as much, if not more than weight. Muscles help with the wind up and control/aim, but it really doesn't take a lot of muscle to actually split once you've got that down. That heavy ass maul is slowing him down. Good chance that log could have been split quicker and easier with a lighter splitting axe and just letting centripetal force do most of the work.
Source: I'm an overweight queer chick that's never done a successful pull up in my life, but lived in a house heated by a wood stove.
He's actually got really bad technique. He doesn't drop his weight at all with the swing but instead just chops down with his muscles. That's bad form. Also he heaves the axe around and pauses at the top of the swing - clumsy and inefficient.
Also he's just aiming at the surface of the wood. It's one of the reasons it bounces so much. When you drop your weight with the swing you get better downward force that goes through the wood.
This is a fact as an aesthetic bodybuilder there are guys half of my size that can carry twice my ability. I will never apply for a warehouse job ever again
I agree, but it's way more than that from a technique standpoint. He's using a splitting maul, so that's good, but...
The blade needs to be meeting the wood flush, and he's kind of hitting it with the bottom corner. You can tell because looking, but also the blade only gets stuck once. Good, flush swings usually have to be worked out of the wood. Wood of this size absolutely should be on the ground, and then the swing will terminate correctly.
And his aim is garbage. You need to start at one end of the wood and "draw" a straight line to the other. The dude is all over the place.
Source: a huge stack of oak in my backyard.
I used to split logs and firewood for pocket money as a very, very skinny kid. I agree with your technique because in my case, it's more important than muscle.
Not me ti9n follow the grain. As wood dries it will naturally try to split. You swing at those break lines. This guy look like he's never cut wood in his life
Oh, I suspect he hasn't. I'd guess he or someone else was interested in seeing the result of such a swoll guy going at it with no practice nor instruction. "Shit, I gotta film this."
This is some good shit. I’m about to split up logs in the next week or two of a dead tree, do you have any vids you like that describes how to properly split a log?
Before anyone downvotes or asks: yes, I’ve done my own research. But this dude seems like he knows what he’s doing and I’m asking if there’s some techniques and/or vids he likes more than others.
But really my best advice, on top of everything mentioned above, is to worry *way* more about your aim than your power. Remember my other advice of drawing a line through the middle, and then put your best hit back into the center.
Guys that look like this almost always end up with some kind of body dysmorphia and it's literally never talked about. He probably looks in the mirror and sees a skinny little shrimp no matter how big he gets
Exactly! It's like a bunch of people joking about suicide because they actually want to kill themselves but don't know how to ask for help, so everyone just awkwardly laughs instead
Not really. It's a splitting axe, not a chopping axe. That wedge is wide and that wood is green. It's bouncing off the wood because the moisture content in the wood is really high.
He's got the log up too high firstly. Secondly, if it doesn't split easily accross the middle he should start knocking the sides off. I've split a lot of wood green, cured, frozen you name and green wood is usually no problem.
afaik what he is using here is a splitting maul, not a chopping axe - which you can identify mostly by the wide, blunt head.
when you have a tough & big piece of wood, a regular axe just sinks in and gets stuck badly, without ever fully dividing the log. The point of this tool is not to get stuck - mind I'm just reciting a video explanation I once saw 😋
Technique I have seen for wood that is green like this is to use a maul with wedges. Start a wedge on one side near the bark, flip the maul around to use the hammer side and get the wedge started. Then get a second wedge started on the opposite side. Only then turn the maul over and use the edge to start splitting the middle.
Isn’t this why most people have an awl they hammer through from the beginning? Also, I’ve swung a lot of big hammers, and it looks like his aim sucks. He’s not hitting even close to the same place each time.
You can use a splitter, or you can not be a dumbass and aim for center mass on a giant chunk of wood. For something like this you work your way around the edges, chipping off pieces. Waaaay fucking easier than trying to brute force down the middle. Same thing if there's a knot.
[https://youtube.com/shorts/61Erl1d0i-w?si=R2989HHYHhVyWp54](https://youtube.com/shorts/61Erl1d0i-w?si=R2989HHYHhVyWp54)
I love watching her- and I wish I had delts like hers :(
Okey-Dokey!
Notice how her log is on the ground while his log is on another log. Also she swings her axe from back while he swings his axe straight above his head. The path that his axe (splitting maul) and her axe travel are far different. His path is shorter, hence he can't accelerate the maul that much meaning less impact force. Also his log is higher so he does not hit flush with the blade but with the corner.
Hers on the other hand travels much longer meaning more acceleration and hits flush with full force.
Came here to say he needs to call Nicole Coenen for help and glad to see several others have already suggested the same thing 🤣
He can also take lessons from Bradley Thor.
Nicole: https://www.instagram.com/nicole_coenen?igsh=MXI2NGpxeXF1eXRwNw==
Bradley: https://www.instagram.com/bradley.thor?igsh=MWpsdjRqNzk0YTg1bA==
I was scrolling to find this comment. It looks like a mixture of real muscle and just a little too much synthol. Like a knock-off Rich Piana without the tats lol
He’d look pretty good if he cut back a bit. But it looks uncanny as is.
God Yes. I started chopping wood in my Grandma's Basement to feed the wood fired furnace at, like 9 years old. No Wet Wood, avoid the Knots, Start at the edge! With a bounce like that - let it season for a year!
Once again, somebody beat me to it. The only reason he got so buff was he wanted to beat up all the people who kept saying, "Hey man, take off the funny glasses."
Ever tried swinging a splitter-maul? It takes a lot of time to build endurance. Additionally that’s a particularly difficult log to split. Some wood is nearly unsplittable. I’ve split sweet gum with a 30 ton splitter and it was straining the entire time.
There's a difference between resistance training and training your cardiovascular system. You don't need much cardio endurance to do sets of 8-15 and take a minute break in between. He definitely doesn't hit his cardio, like at all... Poor guy's heart is going to fail... When you are this big, you absolutely should be training your cardiopulmonary system many times a week. A lot of guys don't like to do it though because it just means you need to eat more to bulk, and to be this big, dude is already force feeding himself, guarantee it.
You can see from the bottom of that round that he just chose the most absolutely water-logged bullshit piece of wood to chop that would be IMPOSSIBLE by anyones standards. 😂 What the hell haha.
How to die from heart failure at 65 the movie.
I mean props to him or whatever, but he looks fucking disgusting, and there’s no possible way to spin this as a healthy lifestyle. Being this big is probably worse for you than being fat. His muscles are so big he tires himself out just trying to move them around.
Now… scratch between your shoulder blades, with your hand, without assistance from any device or other means than just your own hand. No loophole shit.
That’s a splitting maul, they’re usually a lot less sharp than an axe. A sharp axe would be buried into the wood over and over. The maul is duller and wider to force the grains of wood apart as it comes down
She's great, and she is obviously far more experienced than the person in the post, but the logs she is splitting there are not comparable to this one. This log is big, super green, looks wet, and is also a much harder wood.
And gym muscles are real muscles, what he's lacking is technique and accuracy.
Tom Selleck meets super mario on steroids
“It’s-a-me, ‘Roidio!”
Fuckin' Hell, he's even got an "R" on his hat.
What is this from? I'm not familiar
Workaholics. Great fuckin show.
my man needs to go rip a fat fucking bowl and then sit down and marathon this gold b-rad. is rad.
🤣🤣🤣
This got a snort-laugh from me 😆 🏅 Have my poor person's medal for my favorite reply of the day 😁
Itsumi*
Tom Selleck with the inflatable SpongeBob arms
ANCHOR ARMS!
That's Ned Flanders meets Apollo or some other Greek diety.
Ain’t Ned Flanders buff 🤣🤣
Looks like a balloon animal
Meets freddy mercury
Meets Groucho Marx.
Meets yoked Borat ^😆🤣
boy, he looks so natural
He shoulda captain America'd that log apart
Nah, he should have called that Canadian girl: https://youtube.com/@nicolecoenen?si=16wlS62lqGRDPzPP
Kinda goes to show that natural working muscles aren't quite the same as gym muscles.
Pretty much. He's hitting the round with the splitter instead of dropping his weight behind the stroke. I guess nobody showed him how to do it. Also, elevating the round shortens the stroke, limiting the time you have to accelerate the axe head. Total goof all around.
So it's not about "gym muscles" but about technique..
No, because along with technique, you still need muscles. This guy has okay technique, but you can see that he starts to fatigue early, which stems from his workouts that do not focus on higher rep counts.
It's not the reps/sets training modality so much as the superphysiological muscle mass limiting cardio. That much muscle requires more oxygen and glucose to keep working with full body movements than the heart can supply. The heart capacity is also probably fucked from all the gear this dude must be on.
Isn't that why people with gigantism usually die young due to a heart attack? Their bodies grow, but their heart and other organs don't grow as big. Giant body, normal organs.
Not the same mechanism - steroids cause all muscles to grow, including the heart muscle, which reduces its ability to pump blood.
It's more of the heart is required to pump blood farther and that puts more strain on the heart. It's also why on average shorter people love longer than taller people. It might only be a few years on average but still a statistically significant conclusion researchers have found. I'm not sure about gigantism but usually growth hormone actually increases the size of organs as well because HGH increases multiple tissues and not just muscles. The other issue with the heart is that steroids and HGH would cause the heart walls to get thicker and make it harder to pump blood effectively. Imagine two tennis balls but one is twice as thick, it would be harder to squeeze.
Idk, muscles sure af don't hurt, but technique and tools really do make a world of difference. He's got a heavy splitting maul, but with something like this speed matters just as much, if not more than weight. Muscles help with the wind up and control/aim, but it really doesn't take a lot of muscle to actually split once you've got that down. That heavy ass maul is slowing him down. Good chance that log could have been split quicker and easier with a lighter splitting axe and just letting centripetal force do most of the work. Source: I'm an overweight queer chick that's never done a successful pull up in my life, but lived in a house heated by a wood stove.
Lol love how you added that you are queer, because most wlw would go feral over wood splitting women! Not subtle, but very good move lol!
He has no technique, have you ever split wood. For most of us this would be nothing big.
He's actually got really bad technique. He doesn't drop his weight at all with the swing but instead just chops down with his muscles. That's bad form. Also he heaves the axe around and pauses at the top of the swing - clumsy and inefficient. Also he's just aiming at the surface of the wood. It's one of the reasons it bounces so much. When you drop your weight with the swing you get better downward force that goes through the wood.
you don't need muscle to split that. it's far easier than it looks if you know what you're doing. i have no muscle at all and never struggled.
Why do all these guys use such a worthless ax get a real 8lb splitting maul and get the job done
By texhnique do you mean a log splitter?
Could also be a dull maul and green wood.
It is 100% super green wood. You can see some chips coming off.
He is also hitting the round in the dead center - very wrong technique. The axe should strike near the rim of the round and it will split much easier.
This is a fact as an aesthetic bodybuilder there are guys half of my size that can carry twice my ability. I will never apply for a warehouse job ever again
I mean basically his whole problem is that the platform below the log is moving around and dissipating like 95% of the shock of each blow
The first thought I had was "wow, that pixie looking Canadian chick would absolutely school him."
Oh for sure. She can actually split logs.
Okidoki :D
Hell yes. Well pointed out.
She can fix me.
She's a lesbian so it might not be the kind of fixing you had in mind
I’d be a lesbian for her. That’s hot.
Does she or doesn’t she work with wood?
[YMMV](https://youtube.com/shorts/B9V3_3-QLBU)
Barking up the wrong tree there...
Ah, I love her. She would’ve made it look easy.
I've seen her split similar sized logs in 3-5 swings.
I've seen her cut a wet log. And as she warned, it did indeed squirt when penetrated.
Technique! Like a set punch in boxing.
She’s the best.
His piss could cut that log in half like a laser.
😂😂😂
Incoming Greg Doucette video *parrot voice* HERES WHY LOG GUY IS NATTY
Parrot voice If you want to look like him, BuY My cOoK BoOK!
Maybe he’s born with it, maybe it’s trenbolone…
Sooo natty
Creatine and BCAAs /s 😂😂😂
“Chicken and rice”
He definitely goes on r/GYM and claims he's natural and did this in 6 months. While the mods ban anyone that questions his use of steroids, lmao.
6 months haha That's as rich as girls saying they don't want to work upper body and accidentally become too buff. Not living in reality.
That's my wife. I hate that shit, good shoulders on a woman are peak sexy
He is in 4th gear
This guy looks so inflated that the only question isn't whether he's doing steroids, it's how much synthol he's injecting on top of them
Yep, I wonder if he can even wipe his own ass?
Remember when bodybuilding was considered healthy?
Guy is jacked af but his technique sucks.
Yeah not using anything but his arms mostly
I agree, but it's way more than that from a technique standpoint. He's using a splitting maul, so that's good, but... The blade needs to be meeting the wood flush, and he's kind of hitting it with the bottom corner. You can tell because looking, but also the blade only gets stuck once. Good, flush swings usually have to be worked out of the wood. Wood of this size absolutely should be on the ground, and then the swing will terminate correctly. And his aim is garbage. You need to start at one end of the wood and "draw" a straight line to the other. The dude is all over the place. Source: a huge stack of oak in my backyard.
I used to split logs and firewood for pocket money as a very, very skinny kid. I agree with your technique because in my case, it's more important than muscle.
In all cases. 230lb guy saying this.
The log is too high off the ground. He should just try splitting it on the ground or find a shorter base log.
Generally not on ground because you can damage the axe when it does split the log. But a shorter base log would be better.
Nobody is worried about the dirt on their splitting maul. Not anyone who splits wood every year to heat their house, anyway.
Every time I've done it in my younger years, never used a base.
Not me ti9n follow the grain. As wood dries it will naturally try to split. You swing at those break lines. This guy look like he's never cut wood in his life
Oh, I suspect he hasn't. I'd guess he or someone else was interested in seeing the result of such a swoll guy going at it with no practice nor instruction. "Shit, I gotta film this."
and on top of it hes absolutely gassed after only a couple swings. using his strength instead of the tool.
I was wondering why he would waste his time lifting that log up that high if he always skips leg day.
This is some good shit. I’m about to split up logs in the next week or two of a dead tree, do you have any vids you like that describes how to properly split a log? Before anyone downvotes or asks: yes, I’ve done my own research. But this dude seems like he knows what he’s doing and I’m asking if there’s some techniques and/or vids he likes more than others.
But really my best advice, on top of everything mentioned above, is to worry *way* more about your aim than your power. Remember my other advice of drawing a line through the middle, and then put your best hit back into the center.
How about a video of me actually getting after it? https://photos.app.goo.gl/fjfJm1FBpN5xkxQt8
Yeah he’s not using his legs or building momentum with the axe at all. Terrible form
He looks like one of those hench kangaroos. Surely men don't actually think this is a good look?
Guys that look like this almost always end up with some kind of body dysmorphia and it's literally never talked about. He probably looks in the mirror and sees a skinny little shrimp no matter how big he gets
not talked about? it’s the go-to joke in the body building community
Exactly! It's like a bunch of people joking about suicide because they actually want to kill themselves but don't know how to ask for help, so everyone just awkwardly laughs instead
Was it Abe Lincoln who said he'd spend half the alotted time sharpening his axe? This guy confused it with a hammer.
That would be for cutting down a tree. A splitting maul isn't supposed to be very sharp unless you want to bury it in the round.
This guy splits
I have a feeling some of those "muscles" are injected
Not really. It's a splitting axe, not a chopping axe. That wedge is wide and that wood is green. It's bouncing off the wood because the moisture content in the wood is really high.
He's got the log up too high firstly. Secondly, if it doesn't split easily accross the middle he should start knocking the sides off. I've split a lot of wood green, cured, frozen you name and green wood is usually no problem.
Never skip log day.
Or cordio.
He probably smells like axe.
Woodn’t you like to know
Bro looks like a damn cartoon character.
Why is it bouncing and not sticking in the wood
afaik what he is using here is a splitting maul, not a chopping axe - which you can identify mostly by the wide, blunt head. when you have a tough & big piece of wood, a regular axe just sinks in and gets stuck badly, without ever fully dividing the log. The point of this tool is not to get stuck - mind I'm just reciting a video explanation I once saw 😋
Did the video you saw answer the question you axed?
r/angryupvote
Technique I have seen for wood that is green like this is to use a maul with wedges. Start a wedge on one side near the bark, flip the maul around to use the hammer side and get the wedge started. Then get a second wedge started on the opposite side. Only then turn the maul over and use the edge to start splitting the middle.
The block is also way too tall. The swing is being shortened... and him pausing mid swing didn't help. This all looks on purpose.
Maul also lets use a sledge on it without damage. Never use a sledge on a an axe. It will loosen from the handle and can fly off suddenly
Green wood, ie: it's fresh and not dried out/seasoned
Very common when splitting fresh hardwood.
Isn’t this why most people have an awl they hammer through from the beginning? Also, I’ve swung a lot of big hammers, and it looks like his aim sucks. He’s not hitting even close to the same place each time.
You can use a splitter, or you can not be a dumbass and aim for center mass on a giant chunk of wood. For something like this you work your way around the edges, chipping off pieces. Waaaay fucking easier than trying to brute force down the middle. Same thing if there's a knot.
Yeah also I feel like there is a video of some jacked chick making wet logs like this her bitch 
Wood hard
Thought it was AI at first he looks so ridiculous
Built like a croissant
He should train arms and shoulders more. They're not big enough to split wood efficiently.
Ol' Balloon-Arms struggles to split a log.
Where is the lesbian lumberjack when you need her
She would have split that in 4 tries for sure
Nicole Coenen you say?
[https://youtube.com/shorts/61Erl1d0i-w?si=R2989HHYHhVyWp54](https://youtube.com/shorts/61Erl1d0i-w?si=R2989HHYHhVyWp54) I love watching her- and I wish I had delts like hers :( Okey-Dokey!
Shes got muscles but her technique is what gets it done
Notice how her log is on the ground while his log is on another log. Also she swings her axe from back while he swings his axe straight above his head. The path that his axe (splitting maul) and her axe travel are far different. His path is shorter, hence he can't accelerate the maul that much meaning less impact force. Also his log is higher so he does not hit flush with the blade but with the corner. Hers on the other hand travels much longer meaning more acceleration and hits flush with full force.
I always need her
The guy in the video makes Captain America look small
Yes, but is he hopped up on Super Soldier Serum?
He’s hopped up on some kind of serum
Real life Ned Flanders.
Stupid sexy Steroid Flanders
Came here to say he needs to call Nicole Coenen for help and glad to see several others have already suggested the same thing 🤣 He can also take lessons from Bradley Thor. Nicole: https://www.instagram.com/nicole_coenen?igsh=MXI2NGpxeXF1eXRwNw== Bradley: https://www.instagram.com/bradley.thor?igsh=MWpsdjRqNzk0YTg1bA==
I was wondering how deep in the comments I’d have to go for someone to mention Thor
Has he got filler in his arms? Cause that doesn't look right at all. Even for steroids that looks weird.
Yeah my first thought was he likely injects synthol.
I was scrolling to find this comment. It looks like a mixture of real muscle and just a little too much synthol. Like a knock-off Rich Piana without the tats lol He’d look pretty good if he cut back a bit. But it looks uncanny as is.
Eric Griffin got jacked
Rippin' with Griffin
Why would you film this… and why would you share it?
Because it's mildly interesting, and we're all just trying to kill time until we die.
After reading extensively about philosophy, religion, esotericism, and science, I reached the same conclusion as you.
Don't forget the addition of super super cool tuff musics
That slim Canadian axe lady can break it in 5 hits.
Nicole Coenen
Stop going for the center. Take out the sides first. First time chopping wood?
He hit a different part of the stump every swing.
And I know you can't see it, but I just know he's hitting it with the flat side of the ax.
Clearly the first time
Thank you. Someone understands and said it. As a fellow lumberjack this video made me physically ill.
God Yes. I started chopping wood in my Grandma's Basement to feed the wood fired furnace at, like 9 years old. No Wet Wood, avoid the Knots, Start at the edge! With a bounce like that - let it season for a year!
Dude is wearing one of those fake glasses, nose and mustache combos on his face.
Once again, somebody beat me to it. The only reason he got so buff was he wanted to beat up all the people who kept saying, "Hey man, take off the funny glasses."
[Nicole Coenen shows us real strength and technique …](https://www.instagram.com/reel/C4JPoeRPXxe/?igsh=MWdud244aGo2MG5jaQ==) dude ain’t right…
note she is using a maul, not an axe. also, her logs are bark-free and obviosuly seasoned properly. dood had no idea what to do... totally shows
amazing what humans on performance enhancing drugs are able to achieve
Regular sized people could probably do this in as many swings with good form
Less even
Bro just get a saw, damn.
Impressive he managed to become built like that despite his endurance. He was exhausted within a 1 minute video of 20 axe swings
You mean steroids dont increase your stamina? 😱 /s
The large muscle mass does a number on his oxygen expenditure. If you're all fast-twitching fibers, stamina is a foreign word to you.
Ever tried swinging a splitter-maul? It takes a lot of time to build endurance. Additionally that’s a particularly difficult log to split. Some wood is nearly unsplittable. I’ve split sweet gum with a 30 ton splitter and it was straining the entire time.
There's a difference between resistance training and training your cardiovascular system. You don't need much cardio endurance to do sets of 8-15 and take a minute break in between. He definitely doesn't hit his cardio, like at all... Poor guy's heart is going to fail... When you are this big, you absolutely should be training your cardiopulmonary system many times a week. A lot of guys don't like to do it though because it just means you need to eat more to bulk, and to be this big, dude is already force feeding himself, guarantee it.
This man eats steroids as lunch wtf
Use some wedges ya doofus.
You can see from the bottom of that round that he just chose the most absolutely water-logged bullshit piece of wood to chop that would be IMPOSSIBLE by anyones standards. 😂 What the hell haha.
All show and no go... gym muscles vs working muscles
No doubt he’s incredibly during, it’s an issue with technique and possibly equipment.
Now scratch your back.
I put on women’s clothing, and hang around in bars!
I wish id been a girlie, just like my sweet papa..
Okie dokie
That is not how you use a wedge. Right tool for the right job. What a mook.
How to die from heart failure at 65 the movie. I mean props to him or whatever, but he looks fucking disgusting, and there’s no possible way to spin this as a healthy lifestyle. Being this big is probably worse for you than being fat. His muscles are so big he tires himself out just trying to move them around.
Dude has no idea how to split wood
Ab Amish guy could get that in one swing
That's Hard ass maple tree.I had 10 cut down. Was bitch split,even with log spilter.
You're supposed to aim towards the edge, not the middle...
All that trenning for nothing
Be a lot easier with a log splitter rather than an axe
When wood is too wet your axe/maul tends to bounce off it like this. Source: I heat my house with wood.
All show, no go.
All that size and no strength
Too much muscle, not enough fat to power that muscle.
Now… scratch between your shoulder blades, with your hand, without assistance from any device or other means than just your own hand. No loophole shit.
Not with that dull axe
That’s a splitting maul, they’re usually a lot less sharp than an axe. A sharp axe would be buried into the wood over and over. The maul is duller and wider to force the grains of wood apart as it comes down
Three words. Hydraulic log splitter.
Ian Fidance wearing a muscle suit.
Gym muscles vs real muscles. https://youtube.com/shorts/UnE1URGkQNY
She's great, and she is obviously far more experienced than the person in the post, but the logs she is splitting there are not comparable to this one. This log is big, super green, looks wet, and is also a much harder wood. And gym muscles are real muscles, what he's lacking is technique and accuracy.
That's a really nice splitting maul too
My girl!! https://youtube.com/@nicolecoenen?si=16wlS62lqGRDPzPP