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Fitku: Gardening with a twist

Posted: Apr 24th 2007 10:00AM by Debra McDuffee
Filed under: Fitness, General Health, Healthy Home, Motivation and Inspiration, Stress Reduction

Spring has finally sprung here in the Northeast, and I have begun cleaning out my garden beds. Gardening is amazingly hard work if you do it with any amount of gusto behind your raking, digging, hauling and planting, and I just know I have been burning some fat. Never underestimate gardening as a powerful fitness activity.

Have my well-used gardening gloves, complete with dirt, holes, worn spots and who-knows-what-that-stuff-is inspired me to write a Fitku? You betcha . . .

Bends, stretches, and squats
Hand rake weaves amidst new growth
Good for plants and health

Between the fresh air, exercise and sunshine, I have major spring fever!

Tags: garden for fitness, GardenForFitness, gardening

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