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We’ve had some relatively cool days for August in Missouri, so I’ve been getting some yard work done. I get injured every time I do things by bending over, so I’ve had to get strong enough to do yard work by squatting and lunging. That does two things for me:
- In the summer, I can count yard work as strength-training
- In the winter, I’m motivated to do strength-training so that I can do yard work without injury
How is your exercise going? Does yard work count in your regime?
I totally understand Joy. My tomatoes are ripening and picking them requires lots of squats and lunges. Who would have thought picking veggies is a work-out, but it is!
It really depends on what kind of yard work whether I count it. Tying up tomatoes doesn’t count, but weeding does.
Sadly I don’t have any yard work where I live other than mowing etc. But when my son and I move to our house in a nearby town (still have some remodeling in the kitchen and dining room and painting to do first), I plan on having lots of flower beds and a vegetable garden.
No karate this week, but we’ve been walking a lot more than usual on vacation. No car and good public transport, I’ve made my Garmin steps goal 6 days in a row, planning to make today the 7th.
I avoid yard work because I end up with poison ivy every time, even if I’m doing something innocuous, like cutting back the vines that grow over the sidewalk. I can see how it would be good exercise though. Here’s My Readers’ Workout post