Only when braaiing, which is another word for barbequing. You must have a sharp axe, otherwise it will definitely become intensive labor.

When I lived with my grandfather, we had a small kitchen house heated by a wood stove. Once he got to his 80s I started taking over chopping wood in the winter. He was a veteran from WWII, Darby's Rangers 1st Ranger Battalion. Hard to tell someone from his generation to go sit down and let someone else do the hard work.

Meditative exercise with a survival use case. Awesome!

Yes, I do that almost every week. Is fun, a lot of exercise, no need to go to gym, keeps you healthy and in good shape. You need a good ax and ... no fear. Confidence in your hands and muscles. I get wood in big pieces from near by source (a lot of forest to cleanup around and is free). So each few days I am cutting and splitting woods in small pieces for my fireplace. Few 1-2h / day is more than enough.

Many ways to go about it, all pretty dangerous if you're not concentrating. But then what would life be if there was no risk? In any case it is your own risk, in your own hands, a little like that thrill of the "has it worked" before your transaction shows up in its destination wallet. Whatever it is you're doing - don't rush.

Yeah. Great exercise. Easy to hurt yourself in multiple ways. Work up to it is my advice.