Naked Warrior - from FarmGirl Wannabe

[Guest guest]

I am seriously considering a major " career " change - starting doing

landscaping work instead of continuing as a government systems geek.

Despite my talk of lingering health issues, I'm in far better shape now

than I have been in, sadly, as long as 20 years - my work last season at my

own house & garden proves that, and enhances my belief that I can actually

start doing this work. And if I want to grow up to be FarmGirl, it

would be somewhat useful to prove to myself that not only can I do the

work, but that I really DO enjoy it. It's one thing to enjoy something

as a hobby (although it's a little more than that for me) - it's another

entirely to HAVE to do it, either for a job or to be able to eat.

However, in order to do something like that full time, I'm going to have to

build up even more strength and endurance than I currently possess

(especially after a winter of no work). At some point a bunch of folks

were talking about things from " The Naked Warrior " , which sound like they

would be of some help there - I'm thinking specifically the one-armed

pushups and one-legged squats. Being too poor at the moment to be able

to buy the book right now, can you answer these two specific (if odd)

questions for me? I sort of played with these this morning a bit ...

Re the squats, someone mentioned a certain positioning of the other leg -

what direction? Is it supposed to be off to the side, straight in front

of you, or what? I noticed a difference in balance and muscle tension

with each, was wondering which way was the " correct " one.

Similarly with the pushups - where the heck's your other arm? Behind

your back?

Anyway, I appreciate any help you can give. I figure I've got about a

month to try to get a little more up to par, and then will progress from

there as the actual spring work begins. I've already discovered that

quart jars of last year's tomatoes make lovely hand weights, even if they

DO only weigh about three pounds. Pints of zucchini relish only weigh

about a pound and a half. <g>

Thank you!

MFJ

Eager Student of New Uses for Mason Jars