Spending the week building some workout equipment from a HUGE fallen tree branch that was unfortunately struck by lightning. I successfully fashioned a 20 lb bar from an appropriately sized chunk of the branch (via chainsaw, orbital sander and redwood stain).

Today I am going to carve out some smaller weights, and start working on my home -made squat rack and pull-up bar setup.

Any leftover wood will be used for future furniture projects. When nature blesses you with millions of sats worth of high quality wood, it would be a shame not to use the beautiful resource to its fullest extent, without waste. Working out by building workout equipment -exciting times!