Shoveling gently with bent knees and concentrating on NOT twisting and heaving the snow too quickly made me grieve for the loss of my strong back of days gone by! However I am still counting my blessings because 2 of my kids were out there with me. There was a time when they couldn't keep up with me. Now it's the other way around. I just realized I shouldn't want my young back again. What am I complaining about? It's a great excuse to let the kids take over!