shovel for use in lifting or moving heavy loads such as snow the present invention comprises a snow shovel having a second handle assembly pivotally attached to the blade of the shovel the assembly is an inverted u shaped element having two legs and a handle grip each handle of the shovel has a rotatable hand grip that allows a person to keep their wrists stationary when lifting or moving snow the second handle assembly further comprises a mechanism for adjusting the length of the legs to suit the person using the shovel application_number US 66087403 A description the present invention is concerned with a two handled shovel having rotatable hand grips at each handle as shown in fig1 and 2 shovel 10 comprises a blade 12 having a concave front surface 13 and a convex rear surface 15 on rear surface 15 is shaft insert sleeve 14 which receives the lower end of shaft 16 handle 18 is mounted on the upper end of shaft 16 handle 18 is preferably a d shaped handle and has rotatable hand grip 20 mounted on blade 12 is u shaped pivot bracket 32 attached to pivot bracket 32 is second handle assembly 19 second handle assembly 19 comprises of upper leg members 22 a and b lower leg members 24 a and b and hand grip 30 in the preferred embodiment as shown in fig3 and 4 pivot bracket 32 is bolted to blade 12.