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Expert gardener Madeline Hooper joins Season Two’s fitness instructor Adam Schersten to help gardeners take care of their bodies while taking care of their gardens.

10/26/2026

Two movements every gardener should have in their toolbox for lifting: the squat and the deadlift.

Both help you get down toward the ground—and back up again—while letting your legs and hips do more of the work. So what’s the difference?

🌱 THE SQUAT: As you lower down, your knees travel forward over your feet. Think of your shin and spine creating roughly parallel angles as you sink toward the ground.
🌱 THE DEADLIFT: This time, send your hips back. Your knees can bend, but they don’t travel forward in the same way, and your spine stays long as you hinge through the hips.

The goal with both? Use those big, strong joints and muscles of your lower body instead of relying on your back to lift you.

10/25/2026

Big things are growing at GardenFit!

Our brand-new website is live, and we’ve made it easier than ever to find gardening tips tailored to YOU: Sore back after weeding? Achy knees after planting? Tired shoulders after pruning? Explore our episodes by body area to discover simple stretches, smarter gardening techniques, and ways to reduce the strain.

PLUS, our new GardenFit book is available for preorder! 📖🌿

🌼 Explore: gardenfit.fit
📚 Preorder the book through the link in our bio.
💚 Follow GardenFit Productions, LLC for more ways to garden smarter, not harder!

10/23/2026

Why keep your pots only on the patio? 🌿🪴

We love Susan of Susan Nock idea of bringing beautiful planted pots right into the garden beds.

Nestled among your existing plantings—and even better, raised on a garden stand—a container adds another layer of height, color and texture to the garden.

And there’s a GardenFit bonus: raising the pot brings the garden closer to you. That means less bending every time you need to water, deadhead or tend to your plants throughout the season.

Beautiful for the garden and a little kinder to the gardener. 💚
Would you try adding a raised container to one of your garden beds?

10/22/2026

Weeding, deadheading, planting—there are plenty of chores where spending some time folded forward is simply part of the job. So rather than trying to avoid the movement altogether, Adam suggests giving your body a little GardenFit reset along the way.

After you’ve been bending forward for a while, stand up, place your hands at the base of your spine, gently press your hips forward and lean back into a comfortable extension, in the opposite direction from the position you’ve been holding.

Hold for about 30 seconds, take a break…and while you’re there, enjoy the garden you’ve been working so hard on. 💚

A little reset can feel pretty good before you get back to work; Save this one for your next long weeding or deadheading session!

10/21/2026

A little fall container magic with Susan of Susan Nock 🍂🪴

As Susan works her magic, her tip is to make your next container planting a little easier by bringing more plants than you think you’ll need. Having a few extras on hand makes it easier to create that full, abundant look.

Madeline adds: bring the necessary tools, too! What feels like an “extra” tool at the beginning of the project always seems to be exactly the one you need later. A good tool belt keeps everything close at hand while you work.

Thank you, Susan, for another beautiful afternoon of planting and inspiration!

What are you tucking into your fall containers this year?

10/20/2026

This isn’t an exercise book, and it’s not about getting in shape so you can garden. It’s about simple changes in how you use your body while gardening. 🌿

Think about it: if you walked into a gym for the first time, someone might teach you how to squat, lift or move with good form. But in the garden? We bend, dig, lift, rake, reach and kneel for hours, and most of us were never taught how to do any of it.

That’s where GardenFit comes in. In our new book, we’ve taken the lens of personal training out of the gym and into the garden, looking at the chores gardeners do again and again and showing you a more body-smart way to approach them.
It’s a completely new way to think about something you’ve probably been doing your whole life.

🌱 Get GardenFit: The Body-Smart Guide, coming March 2027. Preorder now at the link in our bio.

10/17/2026

Your body is your most important gardening tool, but how you use the tools in your hands matters, too. When we use clippers, many of us instinctively squeeze with our thumb and fingers. But all that repetitive clipping can ask a lot of that thumb joint.

Try this GardenFit adjustment: Let the clippers rest in the middle of your palm and use your fingers to do the clipping. This takes some of the work away from the thumb while still giving you the control you need to prune.

And don’t forget your form! As I work on this rose, I’m bending from my hips and keeping my back long rather than rounding through my spine. Better form for the gardener + a little pruning for the rose = keeping yourself AND your plants GardenFit. 🌿

Save this one and give the grip a try the next time your clippers come out!

10/14/2026

There’s always more raking than you think during fall cleanup. 🍂

And if you’re doing it all with your shoulders, they’re going to feel that work pretty quickly. Adam’s GardenFit reminder is to keep your shoulders relaxed and down, rather than letting them creep up toward your ears as you rake. From there, let your arms do the movement while your shoulders stay supported and low. It’s a small adjustment, but especially with a repetitive task like raking, good form can help you work more comfortably and prevent aches and pains.

There will always be another pile of leaves, so take your time, pay attention to your form, and stay GardenFit!

10/13/2026

If you know the struggle of trying to pry two tightly stacked pots apart, I have a hack for you. 🎾🪴

Before you stack them, simply drop a tennis ball into the bottom pot. It keeps just enough space between the two so they’re easy to separate when you’re ready to use them again.
No pulling. No wrestling. No pots stubbornly refusing to part ways.

Sometimes the best garden hacks really are the simplest.

Enjoy your gardening!

10/12/2026

Getting up and down from the ground is something gardeners do all the time—but how you get up matters. One of Adam’s favorite ways to come up from the ground is through a split squat, with one foot planted in front of you. Then comes the important part: femur-foot alignment.

Think of it as two lines: one following your thigh and one following your foot. As you stand, try to keep those lines parallel because when your hip kicks out to the side, your thigh can angle inward, changing that alignment and adding extra stress through the knee and hip.

Save this one for your next day in the garden!

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