Comments on: How a Boomer Gardener (tries to) Stay Fit all Winter

By: Carolyn

Carolyn — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 09:12:00 +0000

I put on ’70’s & ’80’s music and dance rather than walk around the house, all day long, doing special moves to work my core. I look like a dork but no one can see me, so big deal. Susan, I agree about that core work. My posture has improved so much. Good posture erases years of aging. I work evenings as an after-hours hospice nurse, and when the day staff leave for the day I can go to the office and walk ’round and ’round the huge clinical room.

By: Gardener's Detective

Gardener's Detective — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 18:52:30 +0000

Thanks for the reminder that if we follow your lead, once we get out into the garden we won’t be sore for a week and living on IBUPROFEN, or as I like to call it vitamin I (no pain, no gain). Time to get moving!

By: Benjamin

Benjamin — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 23:59:57 +0000

I grade student essays and poems, often using colorful metaphos or garden allusions in my commentary and suggestions. I also carry all those papers home and back. It’s more a mental strain I guess.

By: Katie

Katie — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 00:11:50 +0000

You put me to shame! I have discovered, in the past two days, though, that while my dog is sniffing around the back yard and I have to watch her (we’re not fully fenced), it is a good time to get some leg lifts, kicks and squats in.

By: Jean

Jean — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 16:42:17 +0000

Ha, “red envelopes of happiness”, good one! I used to do a lot of different exercises but now I only do yoga 4 times a week. It’s a good hard yoga and great for that core. But it’s not enough to keep that middle aged waist from growing, unfortunately.

By: Foy @ Foy Update

Foy @ Foy Update — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 04:42:38 +0000

I’m getting ready to go back into the world of professional gardening after having been unemployeed for six months. We are moving all our stuff and I can’t lift what I used to. I can tell my upper body is particularly weak. I should probably do something about it before the spring really gets moving.