![]() Larkin said a month later, he had gone from consciously holding in his abdomen to doing it unconsciously. ![]() "It takes about four weeks for a new habit to form," Hughes said. The final segment of the show is a return visit, 28 days later to see how the gardener is feeling. "They were very simple techniques," Larkin said.Īfter the garden visit, the next portion of the show is a visit to the gym, where exercises and stretches are taught. From there, they focused on tightening the abdominal muscles, to improve posture, and working from left to right. He also taught me how to stand on the ladder on the ball of my foot, not on the arch."įitness trainer Jeff Hughes works with Matt Larkin, owner of Black Barn Farm in Richmond, during an episode of "GardenFit." PHOTO PROVIDED BY GARDEN MEDIA GROUPįor the lower ground work, Hughes had Larkin straddle his stool, with a leg on either side, as opposed to sitting on it. "One of the things he taught me was how to stand on the ladder and pull my abdomen in, to keep from hunching over. One thing Jeff saw that he liked, when I was on the ladder, was that I was bending right and left," he said. Once you move it, you want to use it as much as you can. Repeated movements, he said, while pruning topiary on tall orchard ladders and similar movements working on a stool close to the ground cause aches and pains and sciatica issues. ![]() "I've had sciatica problems in the past and had a postural therapist," Larkin said during a recent interview. The solution is to create a new habit."įor Larkin, chairman of the Berkshire Botanical Garden's board of trustees and owner of Black Barn Farm, Hughes' modifications focused on two specific issues - tall ladder work and work close to the ground. "I start by understanding, what a person is doing and teach them how not to cause it. "If we have an ache or pain, we're usually causing it," Hughes said. Hughes' fixes or modifications, aim to retrain an individual's muscles, helping them to commit new, better behaviors into "muscle memory."Įach episode features Hooper and Hughes on their way to visit a new garden and gardener - a Japanese garden in Connecticut, a saffron farm in California, a traditional Native American farm in Michigan and a large-scale tropical garden in Florida are among those featured.Ī key part of the show, Hughes said, is visiting the gardeners in their gardens learning how their gardens are maintained and observing how they do those tasks. It's about understanding how you're doing a task and incorporating a few modifications." She kept asking and I kept saying, 'Shut up and do your pushups,'" Hugh said, with a chuckle. "We talked about doing a few videos about it. "I said, 'We need to tell people about this.' I kept after him about it." Three months later, her aches and pains were gone. He suggested ways to modify her gardening techniques and a series of strengthening exercises.Ī month later, she was feeling better. Hooper met with Hughes, of Hudson, N.Y., an award-winning fitness instructor with over three decades of experience, who identified issues with her neck and shoulder. "A dear friend and his wife gave me a gift certificate for three sessions with Jeff," she said during a recent interview with Hughes over Zoom. Despite being in good shape, she'd been living with aches and pains for years. ![]() Hooper, vice chair of the Berkshire Botanical Garden's board of trustees and owner of Rockland Farm Garden in Canaan, N.Y., was no exception to the aches and pains of gardening. Episodes also will be streamed online at gardenfit.fit. The 13-episode show, debuting on PBS Tuesday, March 21 (Beginning 10 a.m., May 1 on WMHT), is the result of Hooper's own fitness sessions with Hughes. Episode 10 finds the stopping by Black Barn Farm, a topiary garden in Richmond, to pay Matt Larkin a visit. In episode 3, "Bringing African Farming Home," Hooper and Hughes visit with Brooke Bridges at Soul Fire Farm in Petersburg, N.Y. ![]() Two Berkshire farms are featured in the series. ![]()
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