Welcome to Outdoor Living with Stacy, a place for gardening, fitness, and general well being.
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Core Stabilization
Training for Gardening
Gardening Warm-up
Proper Gardening
Biomechanics
Post-Gardening
Stretches
Watch The Program Videos
Stacy Walters' Fit to Garden program is designed to help gardeners prepare their body to safely perform the task at hand; the bending, kneeling, twisting, standing and squatting movements necessary for effective lawn and garden care.
Gardening, like any other strenuous activity, requires strength training in the off-season, as dynamic warm-up, proper biomechanics, and post-activity stretching. The goal is for gardeners to reduce the risk of injury, make lawn and garden work easier and more enjoyable... and ultimately help gardeners become stronger!
View the instructional videos and download the practical guides. These guides include detailed photos and descriptions of exercises, stretches, and proper gardening biomechanics
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Biomechanics of Raking Leaves
Warming Up KAB Gardening Volunteers
Lawn and garden care offers countless benefits to the largest generation in U.S. history. In addition to beautiful landscapes and fresh foods, gardening decreases blood pressure, reduces stress, improves confidence, helps focus, and strengthens the body. In addition to gardening’s physical benefits, proponents point to the psychological boost conferred by accomplishing a task and literally taking time to smell the roses.
Stacy Walters’ fitness philosophy takes those benefits one step further, presenting ways to strengthen the core for maximum endurance and techniques that can help adults with pre-existing joint pains enjoy their lawns and gardens. Stacy further leverages her understanding of the rewards associated with gardening as exercise in her Fit to Garden videos and practical guides located in the Fit To Garden section of the site.
Some noteworthy facts include:
- Yard work is one of only two activities
with a significant impact on maintaining
healthy bone mass and preventing
osteoporosis in older women.
- Gardening provides an adequate
and challenging workout, but is not as
stressful on the body as other exercise
options, like jogging or aerobics.
- Gardening could well be viewed as
cross-training for fitness enthusiasts and
as exercise for one and all.
- Lawn and garden care facilitates
weight loss!
Gardening is a physical activity to enjoy for a lifetime.
