Ever checked how far you walk when cutting your grass?

[fiasconva]

I cut my grass this morning and just for the heck of it I put my I-phone in my back pocket, turned on the Health app to see how far mowing my 1/2 acre lawn would take me. After I finished I checked it out and saw that I had walked 1.2 miles. I didn't think it would be that far.

 

[THE PILGRIM]

Way back my Bro and I walked miles mowing a long driveway strip with a push gas mower.
When we left for 'greener pastures' our Dad bought a Riding Mower.

 

[Rustyt1953]

I walk to the back porch to tell Logan that he missed a spot.

 

[Tom S.]

I walk to the shed, get on the zero turn, then back from the shed when done.

 

[Chuck24]

It depends where I left the checkbook, get it write it, give it to the guy.

 

[ameridaddy]

It depends on whether my wife is cutting the back or the front lawn.
PS - she enjoys it and won't let me mess with her yard and gardens

 

[zeke]

Am more concerned if i can stay upright while cutting it. My cardiologist looked at me askance when i told him several years ago i was still cutting grass. Asked him what's the point if i can't even cut grass anymore.

 

[quikdraw67]

I have a little over an acre to mow. Most is on the rider, but some is with the push mower and weed whacker.

It's therapy to me. The reward to see a perfectly mowed and trimmed lawn makes the beer taste even better.

 

[Ed4032]

I measured it once the same way. Weed eat and mow was right at two miles.

 

[jeffrefrig]

It depends how many times I walk back to the cellar or kitchen for another beer.

 

[jaguargolf]

It used to take me 4 hours when I had a walk behind

 

[kraynky]

I have a little over an acre to mow. Most is on the rider, but some is with the push mower and weed whacker.

It's therapy to me. The reward to see a perfectly mowed and trimmed lawn makes the beer taste even better.

A man after my own heart! I used to come home from work and see the wife had already mowed the lawn (God bless her), but inside I was sad.

Mowing the lawn on the rider (with a cold beer) is therapeutic for me after work. Now that I'm retired, she won't do it unless I'm on the other mower.

And I get to push mower the ditch out front and do the weed wracking.

I'll have to check to see how far that is. Probably about 1,000 feet total with the push mower. More than enough.

 

[smoothshooter]

I walk about 40 yards to the shop and get on my Skag zero-turn mower.

 

[robvious]

for the first time in years I watched the wife mow the lawn this past weekend.. I always do it... son & I sat i lawn chairs managing the grill drinking a beer... she looked more tired than after one of her half marathons... it will hurt more when I mow next time because I know it should... 1/3 acre all push mower

 

[ameridaddy]

It depends on whether my wife is cutting the back or the front lawn.
PS - she enjoys it and won't let me mess with her yard and gardens

 

[Rustyt1953]

No matter the task...like Sinatra said ya gotta have teamwork.

 

[hsguy]

A short walk to mailbox to mail the landscaper his check.

 

[ExRanger714]

It's constant. To the shed where the riding mower is parked and back to the house when done.

 

[Golddollar]

With my cardiac issues I don't mow the lawn myself anymore. So the next best thing is when I do the shopping at Sam's Club and Walmart for myself and my aunt and uncle. Park a good ways out in the parking lot, and then do a lot of back and forth in the aisles. At my old cardiologist's recommendation I got a pedometer application to put on my cell phone. When I go to both Walmart and Sam's Club I can come up with over 4000 steps, or better than 2 miles. My doctors all want me to walk more, and I imagine it doesn't matter where.

 

[TX-Dennis]

My yard's not big, but there are a number of obstacles to mow around, so it's about 2 miles according to Samsung Health.

Most days at work are 6-8 miles, but a few have been over 11. I'm on my feet moving most of the day with a bit of sitting behind a computer which varies from day to day depending on what I have to accomplish.

 

[Rustyt1953]

Ruthie wears a Fitbit watch and she averages 6-7 miles during an 8 hour shift and 8-9 during a 12.

 

[Bald1]

A recent back surgery has laid me up so this yr my wife is mowing. She enjoys it. Mixes a fruity vodka drink, puts her ear pods in and away she goes on the Kubota. She even does my shooting range. Problem is this time a yr, once a y is not enough, it's every 4-5 days. We probably mow 2 out of the 5 acres we have. Rest is wooded

 

[ladder13]

I'm usually headed to the gym when the landscapers arrive.

 

[yeti]

I start the weekend Friday afternoon on the tractor, often with adult beverage in hand.

Transitions me from office to weekend mode.

 

[Sgt hump]

With step counter on my iphone turned on I checked and had taken 727 steps and got on my zero turn mower, cut for an hour and half checked counter again and had 3468 steps. Go figure.

 

[fiasconva]

I look at mowing my lawn this way: Step 1. I'll continue to mow it myself using a gas-powered push mower as long as I can. It's a good workout and only takes me about 45 minutes and supplements my 3 days a week at the gym. Step 2 will be a riding mower and Step 3 will be using a lawn service like most of my lazy neighbors.

 

[Cdog]

I mow about 4 acres. The vast majority using a 61" Ferris zero turn.

My yard was once farmland and had multiple terraces that the zero turn doesn't do well. A year or two ago using my subcompact Massey front end loader and blade I took the shortest terrace down. Found it was mostly rocks and creek gravel under the thin layer of dirt.

I ain't messing with another without a much larger tractor and a dump truck. Therefore I ain't messing with another one.

I do terraces, along the roadside and trim with a 21" walk behind mower. I don't know how many steps I take, but I'm sure it doesn't take as many as it did just a few years ago for my stamina to be sapped. I keep going till I get it done though.

I've done the lawn my entire life. I was my Dad's lawn boy until I left home. He go himself a top of the line Sears lawn tractor.

Both my children are female, so I never expected them to do lawns.

The yard I have now, I'll mow until I can't. I'm afraid of inexperience being a threat to anyone attempting my yard on a riding mower of any type.

People ride by and see me mowing the terraces or near the road and think I do the entire yard with the push mower. I've heard stories that I may be a bit teched for using a push mower on all that yard.

 

[Chuck24]

With step counter on my iphone turned on I checked and had taken 727 steps and got on my zero turn mower, cut for an hour and half checked counter again and had 3468 steps. Go figure.

It's seeing the bouncing around on the mower as steps is my guess

 

[Golddollar]

It's seeing the bouncing around on the mower as steps is my guess

It very well could be. The pedometer in my phone has a sensitivity setting so that it doesn't add steps as I drive.

 

[michael1000]

I have to mow tomorrow. now, I'll block this thread.