Raking leaves and other exercise

If you look at the neighbor's yard, you can see what would happen if I left the leaves there instead of raking every day.
I moved from cutting the lawn to raking the leaves.
I have a leaf blower, and my new Honda mower has two blades to chop up the leaves, but I needed to burn off some frustration, so I picked up my new rake.
It's a metal ended fan type rake, with a spring bar across it. It has a wood handle, but it also has a bit of plastic, but that's OK.
It is very similar to the old style rakes. Just the right size, not too big, or small. Just right.
I have a few mature trees in the vicinity of my yard.
First, I cut the lawn lower than the rest of the year. This allows the wind to blow any leaves without them getting stuck in my yard.
Then, I rake leaves. I rake them every day. I do this for exercise since I can just as easily use the leaf blower, or lawn mower, or a combination.
I actually have two rakes, and use them like a big claw to pick up the leaves and put them into the paper bags the Borough supplies.
The workout is both for me, and the yard. The rake cleans out debris, and loosens the soil below. A leaf blower and lawn mower don't do that.
My mower can also collect the leaves. It does a nice job, but to me, it's easier to rake them, instead of emptying the bag every few minutes. The bag will work well when I want to finish the job, and just pick up what's left over.
This year, I raked all the leaves into a pile around the Silver Maple tree. Other years, I have raked them into the bushes around the house as a mulch. And, I have collected them in the bags and put them out to the curb for pick up.
One year, I was lucky enough to have a mulching machine, and I put all of them in there. It reduced the pile down to almost nothing.
Anyway, the exercise is nice. I rake down the one side using a left to right movement. I do a right to left movement coming back. I also exaggerate my movements in order to exercise and stretch more. I can work up a good sweat because there is a lot to do. It can take me as much as an hour to get them all. I only do the back yard because the front doesn't have any trees.
Well, my neighbors think I'm crazy for working so hard, but I don't want to exercise inside when I can do it outside. And, it keeps me out of trouble.