As the weather heats up, ditch your gym for a garden
As warmer weather comes to most parts of Canada, many people are readying their gardens for another fruitful spring and summer. And while many Canadians tend to their plants simply for the joy of it, the pastime also offers some real health benefits.
“Carrying soil bags and plants and squatting and standing will lead to an increased heart rate. You are training your respiratory system by asking it to put in more effort than the baseline.” Plus, moving around is good for blood circulation. With the added weight of soil and gardening equipment, these movements become functional exercises that can make your daily life easier. In particular, Furlan says, some can help keep joints limber and decrease the likelihood of falls and other injuries. “By exercising legs and getting them stronger, if you lose balance, you’ll be able to recover quickly without falling.”
“We used to think that, as people aged and used their joints more, it would get weaker,” she says. “Now we know that’s not the case.”Gardening has a number of mental-health benefits too. First, it increases mindfulness: Focusing solely on the task at hand leads to being present in the moment. Furlan describes it as a “timeout from the rush of activities, screen time, traffic, work and activities that are constant.
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