Gardening as Strength Training | Chico News

Chico News Today | 2 Min News | The Daily News Now! · Sep 4, 2026 · 1m

Wrestling invasive ivy felt like a legit workout—grunting, sweating, and hauling ten bags straight to the curb—and it gave me way more of a mood boost than any gym session. Turns out, my friend Ladona treats her gardening marathons as functional strength training, because digging, hauling pots, and yanking stubborn plants? That’s real physical therapy with serotonin. I also had 50 daffodil bulbs from Costco, half gifted to my mom, leaving me with 25 to plant—but no pots. So I dug through decades of forgotten containers, uncovering hundreds of old bulbs in all stages of life. Sorting them took…