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National Gardening
Kathy Bond Borie |
Gardening Safely and Sensibly Awareness is growing that gardening can take a greater physical toll than necessary. Fortunately, there are solutions, and they occur in three main categories: garden planning and layout, lifting, and ergonomic tools.   |
| National Gardening |
Tool Time for Gardeners Many gardeners have their favorite tools, so it can be a challenge to find the perfect tool gift. Here are some ideas: Trowels... Shovels and Forks... Watering... etc. |
| This Old House |
Pain-Free Positioning for Comfortable Gardening Prevent painful injuries later by positioning yourself for optimal comfort and gardening |
National Gardening
Kathy Bond Borie |
Ease Knee Strain Like a Major Leaguer Looking for a gift for an avid gardener who has everything, including sore knees? Baseball catchers have a similar problem since they spend so much time squatting, and a product designed to help them has now been revamped for gardeners. |
AskMen.com
July 20, 2003
Mike Davison |
Stress & Strain: Work-Related Injuries Is work sometimes a pain in the neck, literally? Do you come home with irritated eyes or knotted muscles? It might surprise you to know, but you may be suffering from work-related strains; injuries caused through an excess of use or misuse of a muscle or body part. |
National Gardening
Dan Hickey |
Gardening is Exercise How to use your garden for the exercise you need... |
AskMen.com
Jeff Bayer |
Preventive Exercises With age comes the increased chance of injury. Exercise can help when it comes to injury prevention. |
AskMen.com
October 31, 2002
Ian Harrison |
How To Apply Ergonomics At Work Although the past decade has seen a boom in the field of human performance and ergonomic practice as a component in operations management, there is much work to be done. |
AskMen.com
August 27, 2002
Peter Richmond |
Top 10 Gardening Tools For Men Whether you're moving in to your first new home, or like to signal to all the women in your neighborhood that your grass is always greener, here are the Top Ten Must-Have Garden Tools. |
| This Old House |
Smart and Healthy Leaf-Clearing Techniques Piling up fallen leaves can be a pain in the back. Here's how to protect your body from repetitive stress while raking. |
AskMen.com
Jeff Bayer |
12 Tips To Relax Your Muscles The second key component of a great workout is muscle relaxation. |
| National Gardening |
Gardening Hand Tools 101 A small investment in the right tools will pay big dividends in making your gardening easier. |
AskMen.com
Jim Bauer |
Body Parts You Never Train If you want to be on top of your game, your workout should include the following strengthening exercises for commonly forgotten body parts. |
AskMen.com
June 24, 2001
Joshua Levine |
Computer-Related Health Problems Millions of Americans each year are afflicted with mysterious ailments, which can be linked back to misuse and overuse of computers. This problem is most commonly known as "Repetitive Strain Injury" or RSI... |
AskMen.com
February 8, 2001
Ian Lee |
Leg Workout: Part II Hamstrings & Calves In the first part of our leg blasting routine, we covered exercises to help build your glutes and quadricep muscles. In this second part, you'll learn how to develop two more important parts of your legs: the hamstrings and calves... |
AskMen.com
Abigail Ekue-Smith |
Banish Back Pain Bad posture causes back pain and will affect your ability to do back pain relief exercises. Read on to learn how you can banish back pain for good. |
American Family Physician
May 15, 2003 |
Low Back Pain What can cause pain in my lower back?... What can I do for pain relief?... Is there relief for ongoing back problems?... What is the best way to sit?... etc. |
AskMen.com
March 17, 2014
Anthony Yeung |
This New Full-Body Fitness Technique Will Tap Into Your Primal Instincts By moving your body while on your hands and feet, you'll see your endurance and body control skyrocket. You'll also blast your muscles and cardio, while developing great movement and opening up your body. |
| National Gardening |
Tools for Planting Using the right tools and the proper techniques will not only make planting less of a chore, but also a greater success. |
| National Gardening |
Cultivating the Garden A little work now will save you tons of time and trouble later in the season. |
AskMen.com
January 25, 2001
Ian Lee |
Leg Workout: Part I Glutes and Quadriceps Have you ever felt drained, dizzy or even nauseous after an intense weight training session? Well guess what? You should experience one of these symptoms each and every time you properly work out your legs... |
| National Gardening |
Garden Tools 101 Use loppers to cut branches that are too large for hand shears, but too small for a saw. |
Outside
February 2002
Paul Scott |
Exercise Injury Prevention: Stealth Insurance Stay nimble with our foolproof, made-to-order regimen... |
AskMen.com
Jeff Bayer |
The Importance of Proper Form One of the most important reasons for maintaining proper form in the gym is to prevent injuries, but there are others you should know. |
| National Gardening |
Power Equipment 101 Whatever the lawn and garden task, turn the job into fun. |
AskMen.com
March 13, 2014
Richard Diana |
An Ex-NFLer And Surgeon Says: It's Time For Us To Quit Equating Pain With Gain Back in the 1970s and 1980s when I was training for NCAA football and the NFL, I worked out like a caveman. But this routine was thorough enough to negatively affect nearly every joint in my body. |
Health
August 2006
Eric Steinmehl |
Help for Hurting Hands Chances are, that achy feeling is nothing serious. Here's how to find out and get better fast. |
| National Gardening |
Gift Ideas for Gardeners Are your gardening friends the "pink flamingo" types? Or would they prefer a more serious gift, such as some top-of-the-line pruners? Here are some ideas. |
AskMen.com
Sabrina Rogers |
Top 10 Exercises To Relieve Back Pain However, if you are part of the 70% of Americans who suffer from some form of back pain at one point in their lives, there are exercises you can do to relieve the aching. |
Health
October 2005
Kalli Rasbury |
Twists, Warming, Balance, and Arm Strengthening Advice on warming up your back and abdominal muscles, balance, and strengthening your arms. |
AskMen.com
June 8, 2003
Mike Davison |
Dealing With Arthritis There are over 100 different types of arthritis (lumped in the rheumatic disorders group), but the two most common forms are osteoarthritis or rheumatoid arthritis. |
National Gardening
Walter Chandoha |
Picking, Squashing, Fetching... They are three good ways to entice children into the garden. |
This Old House
October 11, 2000
Lynn Ocone |
Improving the View From the Curb An attractive front yard improves the look of your home and makes visitors feel welcome... |
| National Gardening |
Tiller Basics Whether your garden is a small bed of cutting flowers or a big vegetable garden whose bounty is preserved for year around use, there is a power tiller matched to the task. |
AskMen.com
September 7, 2003
Evan Campbell |
Fitness Top 10: Leg Exercises The top ten leg exercises to get you on your way to a more muscular and sculpted lower half |
This Old House
Roger Cook |
Spring Is Here -- Where Do I Start? April's the time to head outdoors for the annual landscape cleanup. |
AskMen.com
Jen Woodward |
The Importance of Posture These easy ways to incorporate important posture-saving techniques into your daily life will make for a healthier, better-looking you. |
Adventure
July 2006
Andrew Tillin |
Sports Injuries: Rapid Rebound Sports injuries are more devious and damaging than you might think. Here's how to bounce back. |
| National Gardening |
Fall Garden Cleanup Q and A Here are some questions we've received about fall cleanup in the garden, along with the answers given by our regional horticulture staff. |
AskMen.com
October 30, 2003
Pete Sisco |
Getting Back To The Gym After Injury If your doctor has cleared you to return to the gym and begin lifting weights, here are some very useful tips that will help you avoid re-injury and minimize the discomfort of getting back into the shape you were in before. |
Health
October 12, 2008
Jenny Hadfield |
Girls Gotta Move: Your #1 Pain-Relieved No need to put up with achy runner's knees. The most common complaint among runners -- knee pain, or "runner's knee" -- is usually easy to treat. Here's how to overcome it. |
This Old House
John Kelsey |
Choosing and Using Pruners and Loppers Tools and techniques to keep your plants looking their best |
AskMen.com
February 17, 2014
Anthony Yeung |
One-Sided: It's Time To Change The Way We Think About Working Out We have two arms and two legs that move independently -- so why do we work out like they don't? |
Outside
March 2007
Ryan Brandt |
The Spinal Frontier Rule number one for total physical fitness? Where your back goes, all else follows. Keep yours in top shape with our guide to strength, flexibility, and injury treatment. |
AskMen.com
Jeff Bayer |
Timeless Exercises Some exercises never go out of style, and are so beneficial they should always be included in your program, no matter what your goals are. |
National Gardening
Lynn Ocone |
Planning a Vegetable Garden How to design and build a vegetable garden that really works |
DailyCandy
April 5, 2005 |
Growing Pains You don't need a green thumb when you have a company dedicated to making individually packaged projects for the garden. |
Outside
July 2007
Sam Moulton |
The Move Take the plunge with champion cliff diver Dustin Webster. |
National Gardening
Skip Richter |
Turn Leaves into Gold These golden leaves can be turned into "black gold" for the garden. They make great soil-enriching compost or a protective mulch. |
| National Gardening |
Pruning a Hedge Don't hedge your bets. Here's when, how and how much you should prune your hedges. |
