We’re all about finding ways to get more physical activity into your day without it feeling like a chore or a prescribed workout.

So if you’re elbow deep in soil and you’re planting, weeding and digging in the dirt, does that count towards your 22-44 minutes of recommended daily physical activity?

On this episode, Gab and Sarah look at the many benefits of gardening and some really interesting research that shows consistent movement throughout the day can make a huge difference to your health over the long term. 

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Determining exercise intensities of gardening tasks as a physical activity using metabolic equivalents in older adults https://journals.ashs.org/hortsci/view/journals/hortsci/46/12/article-p1706.xml

Gardening is beneficial for health: a meta-analysis https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5153451/

Beneficial associations of low and large doses of leisure time physical activity with all-cause, cardiovascular disease and cancer mortality https://bjsm.bmj.com/content/53/22/1405

Got weeds? University of Arkansas researchers say yard work builds strong bones https://news.uark.edu/articles/10028/got-weeds-university-of-arkansas-researchers-say-yard-work-builds-strong-bones

Vitamin D deficiency and leisure time activities in the elderly: are all pastimes the same? https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/24722592/

Aerobic Gardening https://www.amazon.com/Aerobic-Gardening-Learn-Lifetime-Master-ebook/dp/B07QRWV9Q3

Huberman Lab Podcast ‘Timing light, food and exercise for better sleep, energy and mood’ https://hubermanlab.com/dr-samer-hattar-timing-light-food-exercise-for-better-sleep-energy-mood/ 

The NEAT effect: why gardening or vacuuming can make a big difference to your health https://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/lifematters/why-vacuuming-can-make-a-big-difference-to-your-health/101333370 

Vegepod https://vegepod.com.au 

The 7 minute Standing Workout https://www.nytimes.com/video/well/100000007527127/standing-7-min-workout.html 

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