Not really. When I started woodworking six years ago with hand tools, I found that my hands would be sore. This went on for years. At some point, they stopped becoming sore. I was happy about this as my hands had finally built up whatever muscles needed strengthening; same with my shoulders and arms. Two days ago, my company had a holiday get together. It was a lot of fun; especially so given the last 20 months or so of sheltering in place.
The celebration was at a bowling alley and we bowled. I used to bowl in grammar and high school. I liked bowling. When my career settled down, I joined a bowling league the large company I was at had and even got my grammar school bowling partner to join. Bought a new ball and we had a lot of fun. The one thing I noticed was that my bowling hand would hurt after bowling. Tried tweaking the finger holes, etc. I found no remedy to stop my hand from hurting. After one or two seasons, I stopped bowling because of it. When I joined another large company that had a bowling league (at the same lanes I did league in grammar school), I didn't join it based on recent hand pane. The few times I had bowled since my hands would hurt after bowling even using lane balls.
It had been about 7 or 8 years since I last bowled meaning I hadn't bowled since I had started woodworking. I fully expected my bowling hand to be sore the next day. It wasn't. I was very happy about this and am smiling as I type this. Woodworking has made my hands stronger. They are not hands of iron but it looks like I can bowl pain free. I'm very happy about this. Hmmm, need to see what local bowling leagues are out there.
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