Outside of weight training, yard work and gardening beat out other weight-bearing exercise such as jogging, swimming, walking and aerobics. It makes sense, because digging holes, pulling weeds and carrying sacks of dirt and fertilizer provide great opportunities to build muscle and bone. And of course, you're going to do something that you love much more frequently than you're going to do something that you ought to do. If you're not already getting dirty in the garden, here are some ways to get ready for the spring and build up your bones at the same time. Prepare your soil .
Good soil is the key to a great garden.
Lifting those bags and then dumping them into a wheelbarrow is great arm exercise. Divide perennials . Digging and pulling are some of the best benefits of gardening. Plant fall perennials . Weeding, planting and getting the ground ready for new specimens are some of the best exercises you can do in the garden.