Over the last couple of days I actually got to go outside and do some work in my yard, for me it's a bit of a break from my mundane indoor office work I do mostly from home. The only problem is when it's time to do yard work around my house, it usually means I will be doing it all day long and not the easy kind. I'm talking the stuff nobody else in house wants to do ;)

Most of the work I did was spring clean up and trimming, some lawn mowing, lots of weed eating and some clean up of pine needles and other winter left overs. I did so much over the last two days that my Carpel Tunnel flared up to the point that I could barely sleep due to the numbness in my hands, sucks getting older sometimes!

The good news is that I was able to track my caloric expenditure using my Jawbone Wristband and during a 6 hour yard-work episode I was abel to burn off 2000 calories, (no cardio required for me that day).

So doing yard work has many benefits not just in the improvement and instant gratification of beautifying your yard but also in the burning off of those unwanted pounds!

Watch my YouTube video of me walking around my yard and showing you some of the work I got done while getting in a great workout.