Using Gardening to Get in Shape

While gardening is usually seen as a productive way to grow beautiful plants and obtain tasty fruit and vegetables, few gardeners have ever considered the huge amounts of exercise one can get in the process of gardening. While you can almost as much muscle (if not more) to move when you work, it is very productive at the same time. You may wonder how gardening could be as much exercise as working out of it. Think of all the different facets of the preparation of a garden. There are holes to be dug so that the bags and pots are made, and weeds to be pulled. Doing all these things help to work almost every muscle group in your body. My brother is a fanatic about working out. Almost every time I call his house, I end up interrupting some muscle toning activity. I never really enjoyed working out, but, because it seems that the constant lifting of heavy things simply a load on my body with no immediate positive results. But while in labor, I am almost as enthusiastic about gardening. I work outside improving my garden almost every day. Me think I'm definitely surprised my brother when he realized that I am almost as muscular as he is, but I've never lifted a dumbbell! Before you go out in your garden, you should always stretch. Even if your goal is not to work and activity, is still a good idea. Often gardeners spend long hunched over or bent. This can be bad for your back. So not only should you stretch before hand, but you should always take frequent breaks if you're spending amounts for a long time in these positions. Weeding and pruning are some of the best workouts a gardener can get. With the constant crouching and standing, the legs get a great workout. If your weeds are particularly resistant, your arms will be particularly weakened only by the effort required to remove them from the ground. If you plan to take the whole workout think very seriously, always weapons and positions are switching to spread the work between the different areas of your body. One of the most obvious ways to get exercise in the transportation and removal of bags and pots. Between the nursery and your home, you will have to move the bags several times (to the checkout, your car, your garden, then spread them out accordingly). As long as you're lifting with your legs and not your back, transport bags and pots can be a fairly big workout, although you probably do not meet those purchases often. Mowing your grass can also be a good exercise. When you have an older mower that is not self propelled only by the act of pressing, the grass will get more than a workout at the gym for a few hours. During mowing, use your chest, arms, back and shoulder to keep the mower for your. Your thighs and butt get much work on the push mower. Not only do you get a whole muscle to work, but it can improve heart health. It is good for you as a cardiovascular activity, like a good way to weight due to the increased heart rate and heavy breathing to lose. If you plan on using gardening as a way to get in shape or lose some weight, you can hardly go wrong. Just make sure to stretch, drink plenty of water, and apply sunscreen. As long as your steps every few adverse effects such as pulled muscles to avoid dehydration and sunburn, I think you have a great time and ultimately a healthier person because of it.