It’s enough exercise for me. I have a heavier maul in the garage, but my balance isn’t the best and I don’t feel very safe with it. Also, I can’t aim it as precisely for the same reason.

As for tough wood, I have a surprising amount of really knotty wood here. Apparently the older the trees, the more gnarly they are. The really big, knotty logs will take me a good ten minutes to even crack open, and I’ll work up a proper sweat 🙂