When most people think of exercise, they think of things like jogging, aerobic dancing, weight lifting, or stationery cycling. Gardening is not usually even considered when it comes to exercise - but it should be. Gardening is a great form of healthy exercise, and it has the extra added bonus of being a productive undertaking. Instead of sitting on an exercise bike, pedaling and going nowhere, you are growing things!

When you garden, you are working several different muscle groups. In addition, you do repetitive tasks, such as hoeing or weeding, which if done consistently fully qualify as aerobic activity.

You may not be using some of the muscles in your daily work but they are exercised while gardening. You might have heard an old adage “muscles hurt that I didn’t even know I had”. This is true when you do gardening. It is important to exercise all the muscles of the body to keep fit and you can achieve this by gardening.

When you pay attention to the muscles you are using for different gardening activities, it helps you to get complete advantage of fitness through gardening. It is good if you emphasize on the movements. You can do the movements for longer, like if you are bending for planting then stay in that position for more time.

You can pick you as well as swing the hoe more than what you have been doing to help get more exercise. Do a different action every day and try to get the feel of every muscle that is being used for maximum benefit. Try to do some stretching prior to gardening so that there is no injury to the muscles. Gardening will help you feel as well as look better just after a few days.

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