Get Fit Through Gardening A Fun Program to Get Your Body Fit, Your Food Fresh, and Your Mind Calm A new approach to gardening that shows how gardeners can get the maximum amount of health benefits from planting and tending to their garden Gardening is traditionally thought of as a gentle hobby suited for the weekend–not as exercise. It’s time to turn over a new leaf with Get Fit Through Gardening. Thousands of gardeners worldwide will benefit from this unique exercise program that will emphasize strengthening their backs and knees to prevent injury. It also introduces this novel approach to fitness enthusiasts everywhere, suggesting that the way to fitness may just be a Saturday afternoon spent weeding and raking. Get Fit Through Gardening is completely different than traditional gardening. It’s all about the gardener’s needs, health, and muscles–not the needs of the plants. What you grow becomes secondary to how you grow, and the focus is on getting the maximum amount of health benefits as possible from your exercising. Inside, you’ll learn how to: • turn your garden into your own personal fitness center • properly assume one of eight stances to protect your back and knees • stretch properly, before and after your gardening exercise • alternate hands and tools to get a complete body workout in 30 minutes a day, 3 times a week You can grow vegetables or flowers, or just use the techniques inside to monitor your perfect lawn. Either way, it’s up to you to reap what you sow: a fit and healthy body.

Isn't it time to get outdoors? The gym is a great place to stay fit during the colder seasons, but once the temperature turns warmer you want to spend more time outside. Plus, you'll have the benefit of fresh wholesome produce to enjoy by growing vegetables in your backyard garden.Does this sound like your situation?* You sit for hours at a desk at work. * The hum of the overhead lights is a constant reminder you never go outdoors.* Often you skip workouts because you want to spend the time with your family.* Everyone in the family is overweight.* You worry about declining health and are on edge and anxious.* You know exercise would help, but you just don't have the energy or motivation.Does it seem as if your destiny to live constantly indoors breathing recycled air under artificial lights?Why not combine fitness and gardening to accomplish your healthy lifestyle goals?Working in the garden provides a well-rounded workout.Think about all you accomplish with a workout in the garden: * Gardening tasks improve your endurance, flexibility and strength. * The food you grow is fresh providing wholesome nutrition for the family.* Your family learns the process of planting, nurturing and harvesting the food they eat.* A 30 minute garden workout burns more calories than 30 minutes running.* Everyone enjoys the satisfaction of participating in a project from start to finish.People are turning to hobby gardening as a way to burn off stress while getting back in touch with the basics of living. They also find that gardening tasks like raking, hoeing and digging is very slimming! But there are benefits beyond burning calories and firming muscles. Outdoor activity reduces anxiety, too. Studies have shown a link between ADHD and insufficient outdoors time. Senior living homes include an outdoor sanctuary where residents benefit from simple gardening activities to keep mind and body engaged.And you do it all without drugs... Introducing "Gardening Your Way to Fitness - The Fun Way to Get Fit and Provide Beauty and Healthful Bounty for Your Family."

Your journey to ultimate health and fitness doesn't require a doctor, a gym, a trainer, or a diet! While it is impossible to escape exposure to all toxins, illness is not mankind's intended destiny. With the right tools, knowledge, understanding and commitment, being healthy can be a reality. Eden's Way sifts through all the trends and conflicting ideas in the marketplace to provide the specific information needed to design a personal nutrition and exercise program that is safe, effective and fun. Today, with Eden's Way, you can attain the wellness that was intended for all. I found Eden's Way refreshing and a delight as Patricia brought creation into our diet and general well-being. It is so well written and researched that you can rest assured the information is accurate. Don't let the opportunity to read Eden's Way pass by, as you will find it to be a rewarding experience and I guarantee you will be helped. - Reverend Willard D. Boswell Patricia is a dynamic thinker who writes outside the box of today's conventional approach to sickness and disease and countless numbers of people can attest to her philosophy and approach to wellness.The impact of applying her sound common sense approach to health and preventative action will create renewed health, vitality, and the prevention of diseases that most people consider genetically inevitable. -

FITNESS THE DYNAMIC GARDENING WAY is the result of two-&-a-half years of research & interviews with dozens of the nation's leading fitness specialists, psychologists, horticultural therapists & physicians. THE DYNAMIC GARDENING WAY both expands & integrates the exercise, nutritional & psychological benefits of organic gardening. Combined, they create a health & wellness lifestyle where success is measured in seasons, years & decades. Home-grown fruits & vegetables are less expensive, better tasting & more nutritious than store-bought produce. THE DYNAMIC GARDENING WAY is a fitness program flexible enough to be enjoyed by everyone, regardless of their age or athletic ability. Gardening is used as a tool to learn how to enjoy the moment & build self-esteem. "Anyone following this well-conceived program will lead a wholesome, vigorous & rewarding lifestyle." - Charles Norelli, M.D. Author Jeffrey Restuccio is the Southeast regional new varieties tester for ORGANIC GARDENING magazine & the founder & past president of the Mid-South Organic Network (MIDSON). To Order, call Publishers Distribution Services (1-800-345-0096); FAX at (616) 929-3808.

This is the first book of its kind to reveal the link between physical fitness and psychological well-being. Dr. Larry Leith, renowned exercise scientist, shares with the reader how exercise can fight depression, ease stress, and brighten one's mood. The book includes many practical strategies designed to improve the reader's enjoyment of and adherence to an exercise program.

A leading landscape designer joins forces with a physiotherapist to provide a guide that combines gardening with health exercises and furnishes step-by-step sequences, based on Pilates, that emphasize safe gardening techniques, boost fitness, and avoid stresses and strains, with tips on planting designs for time-pressed gardeners, how to use daily cultivation methods to promote varying activity levels, and more. Original.

Make your garden a healing place. If you love to garden but also worry about the physical strain, or if you are in search of ways to promote a healthier lifestyle, and even combat specific chronic health issues, then noted garden author and speaker Shawna Coronado has good news for you! You can stay active, fight chronic pain, and keep the garden you've worked so hard to cultivate. In The Wellness Garden, Shawna details exactly how she has learned to use her garden as a key tool in her battle with osteoarthritis and other chronic pain issues. In this inspiring but highly practical book, you will learn from Shawna's life-changing garden experience how to create your own Wellness Garden—and gain the healthier lifestyle you desire and need. Shawna's Wellness Garden Program: Grow and eat produce with specific healing benefits Use ergonomic tools and methods to redefine garden chores as beneficial exercise Redesign your garden as a space for beauty and relaxation