Posted on June 29, 2007 in latest news
Most people would not consider gardening as a strenuous activity. Yard work and gardening help to make your environment more beautiful. You also get the right amount of exercise from them.
Does the thought of planting a sapling, pulling weeds or pushing a lawn mower around the garden seem dreadful to you? Does the very thought make you sweat? I know that the majority of people will agree to this. I am going to suggest something that requires only a minute alteration in your style of thinking, coupled with some planning and you are on your way to losing weight and attaining a shapely figure/physique while gardening.
Those of you who are already into gardening will know that it involves all the muscle groups in your body. Therefore it’s one of the best forms of exercise.
Start gradually if you have been more or less inactive during winter or aren’t accustomed to work out in the yard. Begin with weeding, followed up by planting and watering seeds.
When you feel that you are gaining in strength, you can try out hoeing, pruning, heavy digging, mowing the lawn or pushing a loaded wheelbarrow. You have surely got the idea by now because the ideas of open-air gardening exercise are never-ending.
You get some amount of exercise even out of carrying plants or a bag of potting soil from the store to your car and then out into the garden.300-600 calories per hour can potentially be burnt up. It depends on your intensity and the type of gardening exercises you do.
Gardening CAN cut your flab – move more and eat less! The list given below displays the number of calories burnt by a person weighing 170 pounds, in a 30 minute activity. You can get still more calories burned if you weigh more!
Follow these guidelines
Once you start looking at gardening as an excellent weight reducing exercise, you may never head back to the gym!
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