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Turns working in the landscape into an exercise regimen. The book is not about cultural practices for plants. It's about how you handle yourself in the garden. -- Joel M. Lerner Washington Post 20080419 Sounds crazy, but you'll soon be convinced by this book: Garden the right way and you can get a good workout. Time Magazine 20080714 Packed with pre-gardening warm-ups and strengthening exercises, post-gardening stretches and advice for safer gardening. -- Amber Smith Syracuse Post-Standard 20080530 A manifesto for keeping gardeners injury-free, a road map to fitness through gardening. What a timesaving concept - work out as you garden rather than work out in order to garden. -- Valerie Easton Seattle Times 20080615 The authors have done a phenomenal job of combining both the practices of fine gardening and good health. -- John Bagnasco Garden Compass 20081001 Beautiful ornamental gardens and ergonomic vegetable gardens are described so you can create one of your own. This book will help you make gardening just what the doctor ordered. -- Sydney Everhart Iowa Horticulturist 20081001 Why pay a gym membership when gardening is such a great way to burn calories? Inspired by [this book], we'll be swapping our indoor lunges and squats for healthy outdoor digging, mowing and weeding. -- Constance Craig Smith Daily Mail 20090117 Put a garden designer and landscape architect in the same room with a physiotherapist and what do you get? A very thorough look at getting and staying fit through gardening. Suffolk Times 20090326 Full-color photos of gardens and exercises (from warm-ups to wind-downs and all the moves in between), plus planting tips make this a great gift for any gardener. Taste for Life 20090501 If you have ever considered spending any significant portion of time in your garden, especially with the idea of getting a good workout in the process, [this book] will be an excellent reference in your endeavor. Fitness Mantra 20091024
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It's no secret that working in the garden is an all-around health booster: along with the emotional rewards gardeners glean from carving out a bit of personal space in the sunshine, all of those hours spend weeding, raking, digging, and lifting serve to increase stamina, build muscle tone, and burn calories. Yet all too often gardeners complain of aches and pains because their bodies are thrown off balance, and sometimes even seriously injured, by all of the bending, lifting, and kneeling that gardening involves. Fortunately, help is at hand as garden designer Bunny Guinness joins forces with physiotherapist Jacqueline Knox in this one-stop guide to all-around garden health. Step-by-step sequences based on the Pilates method illustrate the safe way to push wheelbarrows, lift heavy pots, pick low-lying fruit, and much more in a way that boosts fitness benefits while avoiding stresses and strains. Because a health-promoting garden should be thoroughly in tune with the gardener's lifestyle, the authors also detail a wealth of tactics for achieving beautiful gardens that require a range of exertion levels. They describe planting designs that are best for time-pressed gardeners, how to use daily garden maintenance regimes to stay active, and how to design a custom 'outdoor gym'. Illustrated sequences guide gardeners through physical exercises to suit their fitness levels, using trees, balance beams, benches, and other props. Looking after oneself is also key to good garden health. To this end, a comprehensive guide to growing fruits, vegetables, and herbs, a rundown of the best gardening clothes and ergonomic tools, tips for preventing and treating common ailments, and guidelines for winding down the healthy way complete this indispensable resource.
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
As an experienced, fully-qualified Personal Trainer and gym class instructor, 'Garden Your Way to Health and Fitness' offers the crucial elements of exercise for people of all fitness levels: safety, effectiveness, enjoyment and exercise adherence; all of this in your own outdoor space!
Bunny Guinness is a top gardening author, but by enlisting the help of a qualified pilates expert, there is advice on optimum posture, core muscle activation, balance and ergonomic considerations to make not only your garden healthy but you as well.
By following the clear, concise and well-laid out advice in Garden Your Way To Health and Fitness, gardeners will get fit (or even fitter!) by default, so even those who love gardening but not structured exercise WILL benefit from reading it.
For those who do enjoy more conventional exercise, there are many examples of how to utilise your garden and garden furniture to have a safe, effective and intense workout - for example, working on your tricep (back of your upper arm) muscles by performing dips on your steps or garden bench.
With wonderful illustrations and truly lavish photographs, combined with simple to follow advice from two real experts, Garden Your Way to Health and Fitness is a terrific idea that can offer those vital, functional 'real life' results. Highly recommended!
Bunny Guinness is a top gardening author, but by enlisting the help of a qualified pilates expert, there is advice on optimum posture, core muscle activation, balance and ergonomic considerations to make not only your garden healthy but you as well.
By following the clear, concise and well-laid out advice in Garden Your Way To Health and Fitness, gardeners will get fit (or even fitter!) by default, so even those who love gardening but not structured exercise WILL benefit from reading it.
For those who do enjoy more conventional exercise, there are many examples of how to utilise your garden and garden furniture to have a safe, effective and intense workout - for example, working on your tricep (back of your upper arm) muscles by performing dips on your steps or garden bench.
With wonderful illustrations and truly lavish photographs, combined with simple to follow advice from two real experts, Garden Your Way to Health and Fitness is a terrific idea that can offer those vital, functional 'real life' results. Highly recommended!
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Despite its cheesy title and the front cover picture, this is a v useful book.
It is co-authored by a gardener and a Pilates instructor.
Basically it combines the principles of Pilates, and some common sense advice, with gardening.
The idea is to strengthen the body's "core" muscles, and improve various gardening techniques, thereby avoiding (particularly back) injury.
It has some simple, well illustrated exercises (lots of nice clear photos) and suggestions on how to make your garden suitable for the level of maintenance you are able to provide.
Like anything you need to devote a bit of time to the exercises but as they say in the book, it's a lot less time-consuming (and more convenient) than going to the gym.
The "outdoor gym" idea is a little idealistic in parts (they appear to have more of a country estate than a garden!!) but just doing exercises on the grass is great (I've tried it), and it does show you don't need any fancy equipment or a lot of time to do your body a lot of good.
As one recovering from a gardening-related back injury I wish I'd seen it earlier!
It is co-authored by a gardener and a Pilates instructor.
Basically it combines the principles of Pilates, and some common sense advice, with gardening.
The idea is to strengthen the body's "core" muscles, and improve various gardening techniques, thereby avoiding (particularly back) injury.
It has some simple, well illustrated exercises (lots of nice clear photos) and suggestions on how to make your garden suitable for the level of maintenance you are able to provide.
Like anything you need to devote a bit of time to the exercises but as they say in the book, it's a lot less time-consuming (and more convenient) than going to the gym.
The "outdoor gym" idea is a little idealistic in parts (they appear to have more of a country estate than a garden!!) but just doing exercises on the grass is great (I've tried it), and it does show you don't need any fancy equipment or a lot of time to do your body a lot of good.
As one recovering from a gardening-related back injury I wish I'd seen it earlier!
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2 Feb 2009
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"If 2009 is your year to finally get your yard in order, then buy this book as experts Guinness & Knox combine exercise and gardening that result in a beautiful you and a beautiful yard."
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