The cooler weather and falling leaves can mean only one thing: Autumn is officially here. Its arrival also means keeping your lawn free of leaves and prepping it for winter.
It’s easy to view yard work like raking leaves as yet another chore, but it’s also a chance to get some exercise. According to WebMD, heavy yard work can help you burn up to 600 calories per hour, which beats running on the treadmill.
Of course, any form of exercise, whether in the gym or in your yard, requires an ample warm-up. If you demand too much, too soon from your body, you might end up with a strained muscle.
Stretching signals to your muscles that they’re about to perform some work. More importantly, well-stretched muscles are more pliable, allowing them to work more efficiently over different planes of motion. Read more from this blog:
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