<b><font color="Green" size="5">Getting Fit Through </font><font size="5"><font color="Green">Gardening</font> <font color="Green">Activities you can do today!<br> </font></font></b></center> <div align="center"> <center> <table border="1" cellspacing="0" bordercolor="#000000" cellpadding="6" width="590" bgcolor="#FFFF99" bordercolordark="#FF3300" bordercolorlight="#800000"> <tr> <td width="50%" valign="TOP"> <p><font size="2" face="Arial">Test your Soil.</font></td> <td width="50%" valign="TOP"><font size="2"> <p><font face="Arial">Read a book on aerobics</font></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="50%" valign="TOP"><font size="2"> <p><font face="Arial">Join a garden club</font></font></td> <td width="50%" valign="TOP"><font size="2"> <p><font face="Arial">Make your garden SMALLER.</font></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="50%" valign="TOP"><font size="2"> <p><font face="Arial">Build a compost bin.</font></font></td> <td width="50%" valign="TOP"><font size="2"> <p><font face="Arial">Plant a fruit tree or berry bush.</font></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="50%" valign="TOP"><font size="2"> <p><font face="Arial">Start an Get Fit Through Gardening club.</font></font></td> <td width="50%" valign="TOP"><font size="2"> <p><font face="Arial">Buy some seeds and plant them - today.</font></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="50%" valign="TOP"><font size="2"> <p><font face="Arial">Learn to propagate plants from seeds.</font></font></td> <td width="50%" valign="TOP"><font size="2"> <p><font face="Arial">Compost your grass clippings and leaves.</font></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="50%" valign="TOP"><font size="2"> <p><font face="Arial">Prepare a five year gardening / fitness plan.</font></font></td> <td width="50%" valign="TOP"><font size="2"> <p><font face="Arial">Use a push mower if your yard is small enough.</font></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="50%" valign="TOP"><font size="2"> <p><font face="Arial">Learn some whole food, low fat cooking techniques.</font></font></td> <td width="50%" valign="TOP"><font size="2"> <p><font face="Arial">Throw out all your tools with handles that are too short.</font></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="50%" valign="TOP"><font size="2"> <p><font face="Arial">Alternate your weeding position between six positions</font></font></td> <td width="50%" valign="TOP"><font size="2"> <p><font face="Arial">Set up garden beds in your garden to double dig every 3 months.</font></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="50%" valign="TOP"><font size="2"> <p><font face="Arial">Reduce your eliminate your use of chemical pesticides or herbicides.</font></font></td> <td width="50%" valign="TOP"><font size="2"> <p><font face="Arial">Buy and use a heart-rate monitor while you garden (aerobically)</font></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="50%" valign="TOP"><font size="2"> <p><font face="Arial">Wear arm and leg weights while gardening for short periods of time.</font></font></td> <td width="50%" valign="TOP"><font size="2"> <p><font face="Arial">Stretch every day whether you garden or not. Start a gardening / fitness journal</font></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="50%" valign="TOP"><font size="2"> <p><font face="Arial">Record an audio tape of your ideal garden and ideal you and listen to it every day.</font></font></td> <td width="50%" valign="TOP"><font size="2"> <p><font face="Arial">Involve a child, friend or neighbor in your dynamic gardening lifestyle</font></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="50%" valign="TOP"><font size="2"> <p><font face="Arial">Switch your stance from right to left every five minutes while raking or hoeing.</font></font></td> <td width="50%" valign="TOP"><font size="2"> <p><font face="Arial">Build a chin-up bar, dip bar, step up box or other exercise structure in your yard.</font></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="50%" valign="TOP"><font size="2"> <p><font face="Arial">Warm up, stretch, elevate your heart rate and cool down while dynamic gardening</font></font></td> <td width="50%" valign="TOP"><font size="2"> <p><font face="Arial">Begin a dynamic gardening cross training activity (walking, martial arts, yoga, swimming).</font></font></td> </tr> </table> </center> </div> <p align="Center"><b><font size="2" face="Arial" color="#008000">For more information, my books, </font><font face="Arial" size="2"><a href="http://www.randomhouse.com/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9781578262687" target="_blank">Get Fit Through Gardening (2008) </a></font><font size="2" face="Arial" color="#008000">and <a href="http://ritecode.com/aerobicgardening/dyngardening.html"><i>Fitness the Dynamic Gardening Way</i></a>, are available!</font></b></p> <p align="center"><img src="moveline1.gif" align="Middle" alt="line" border="0" width="600" height="1"></p> <blockquote> <blockquote> <p align="Center"><font face="Arial" size="2"><a href="main.html" target="main">Get Fit Through Gardening Home Page</a> |<b> <a href="http://ritecode.com/aerobicgardening/nutshell.html">In a Nutshell</a></b> | <a href="http://ritecode.com/aerobicgardening/overview.html">Overview</a> | <a href="http://ritecode.com/aerobicgardening/misconceptions.html">Misconceptions</a> | <b><a href="http://ritecode.com/aerobicgardening/exerday.html">National Gardening Exercise Day</a> </b>| <a href="http://ritecode.com/aerobicgardening/links.html">Get Fit Through Gardening links</a> | <a href="http://ritecode.com/aerobicgardening/sports.html">vs sports</a> | <a href="http://ritecode.com/aerobicgardening/thighmaster.html">/Swap for a thighmaster offer</a> | <a href="http://ritecode.com/aerobicgardening/topquest.html">Top Questions</a> | <a href="http://ritecode.com/aerobicgardening/tradgard.html">Traditional Gardening</a> | <a href="http://ritecode.com/aerobicgardening/jan2000.html">Jan2000 article</a> | <a href="http://ritecode.com/aerobicgardening/feb2000.html">Feb2000 article</a> | <a href="http://ritecode.com/aerobicgardening/myturn.html">My Turn article</a> | <a href="http://ritecode.com/aerobicgardening/topquest.html">Top Questions</a> | <a href="http://ritecode.com/aerobicgardening/whatdotoday.html">What You Can Do Today</a> | <a href="http://ritecode.com/aerobicgardening/stretching.html">Stretching Program</a> | <b><a href="http://ritecode.com/aerobicgardening/dyngardening.html">Dynamic Gardening</a> </b>| <a href="http://ritecode.com/aerobicgardening/biography.html">Biography</a> | <a href="http://ritecode.com/aerobicgardening/politics.html">Politics</a> | <a href="mailto:ritecode@ritecode.com">E-Mail</a></font> </blockquote> </blockquote> <p align="Center"><a href="main.html"><img src="98_bon.gif" align="Middle" alt="Balance of Nature Publishing" border="0" width="287" height="15"></a> <div align="center"> <table cellspacing="3"> <tr> <td><font color="Maroon" size="2" face="Arial">Balance of Nature Publishing </font></td> <td><font color="Maroon" size="2" face="Arial">Phone: (901) 517-1705</font></td> </tr> <tr> <td><font color="Maroon" size="2" face="Arial">7204 Deventer Cove</font></td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td><font color="Maroon" size="2" face="Arial">Memphis TN 38133</font></td> <td><a href="mailto:ritecode@ritecode.com"><font face="Arial" size="2">Email: Jeffrey Restuccio</font></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="http://ritecode.com/aerobicgardening/home.html"><font face="Arial" size="2">Home Page</font></a></td> <td><font color="Red" size="2" face="Arial">This page updated <!--webbot bot="Timestamp" s-type="EDITED" s-format="%B %d, %Y" startspan -->March 17, 2008<!--webbot bot="Timestamp" i-checksum="17635" endspan --></font></td> </tr> </table> </div> <p> </p> </body> </html>