Every winter, you hear the warnings about shoveling snow and how it causes heart attacks in old out of shape guys and to be careful. I always thought those were silly since old out of shape guys should be careful with all physical activity, and not just shoveling snow.
Woke up this morning to about 10" of the stuff and promptly cleared my short walk with no issues...
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Then drove out to my dad's place and cleared his walk and around his vehicle with no issues.
Returned home and decided to clear out my girlfriend's parking spot, which is about 8' x 20'. I could do maybe 5-6 shovels worth, then have to stop and found myself seriously out of breath with my heart rate off the chart. I'd shovel for about 30 seconds, then have to rest for a couple of minutes. It was weird. Snow was cold and light, so no idea why it was so taxing. I did just get over Covid last week, so might be still suffering the effects of that, but the snow shoveling definitely sneaks up on you. One minute you're fine, and the one too many scoops and you're on the verge of a heart attack. It's weird.