Athlete turned news anchor Gretchen Ho gave an update to her followers on social media about her farm. In a post earlier this week, the former professional volleyball player shared how much she has been enjoying working to improve her farm since she sees “immediate, tangible, visible results.”
Gretchen added how improving her farm has become her main source of exercise, admitting how difficult it has been for her to get back to the gym in the past two years.
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“As a former professional volleyball player, I’ve worked out most of my life. It’s just in the past 2 years that I’ve found myself in quite a rut, finding difficulty to get back inside a gym. Maybe I’ve enjoyed taking it easy and giving myself some sort of a break,” she wrote.
Whenever she’s asked where she works out, she would refer to her farm exercises. For her, working to improve the farm doesn’t feel like a workout as she enjoys the process itself.
“This is the kind of working out that doesn’t make me feel like I have to drag myself towards something… My mind gets so absorbed in the building work,” she added.
Gretchen expressed how farm life has made her a “healthier and happier person” and shared its many benefits, such as being able to work out and clear her mind at the same time.
“Physically. Mentally. Spiritually. It’s an efficient use of time, I could say 🥰 Dagdag mo pa yung mga sariwang gulay na kinakain namin pagkatapos,” she said.
She is seen digging up rocks in her Instagram Reel as part of her workout in the farm. The Star Magic artist also incurred some injury while digging them up–– something she wanted her followers to see as well.
“Here’s my FUNCTIONAL workout being TRUE TO ITS CORE! Side-forward lunges — arm weights — side twists — kettlebells through carrying rocks — and the famous ASIAN SQUAT,” she continued.
In a previous post, Gretchen revealed that she had installed solar panels which gives her full solar energy for her farmhouse.
“There’s no electricity in our community in Tanay, so I took this as an opportunity to learn about solar energy,” she previously shared.
Gretchen has been giving her followers on social media a glimpse of her farmhouse little by little. For her, the farm she’s building is her “piece of paradise” and has been inviting some of her friends over so that they can experience the joys of simple living as well.