Simple cleaning can be a worthy substitute for going to the gym.
Not everyone likes to clean up the house. Someone would be more willing to meet with friends, and someone went to the gym. However, we recommend that you reconsider your attitude towards household chores. They can be a good physical activity, plus they will noticeably embellish your home and make it even more comfortable.
A new study by the British company Wren Kitchen has shown that cleaning and chores can help burn extra calories. For example, making your bed burns as many calories as it would take to complete 20 burpees (a fairly vigorous exercise popular in strength and aerobic training). A trifle, but nice. Further more interesting.
XNUMX minutes cleaning will cost you 96 calories… You will spend about the same amount on 81 burpees, only after them you will not have a clean floor or rubbed dust.
Moving furniture for only 25 minutes, and whoever does not do it during a major cleaning, you burn 240 calories, and this is the same as making 200 burpees. By the way, why it is useful to do cleaning at least once a year, you can read here.
Don’t be lazy to sweep more often. Just 138 minutes a week spent on this business will cost you 377 calories, which is about 317 burpees. You will burn the same amount by dusting.
Surprisingly, even while ironing, you can pump well. Spending only 92 minutes a week on it, you get rid of 221 calories… But you will have to allocate a little more time for washing – about 107 minutes a week, but with it you can lose 202 calories.
The grocery trip turned out to be quite energy-consuming. 71 minutes for this lesson will cost you 239 calories… And as a nice bonus – additional 227 caloriesthat you will burn when unloading bags of groceries. True, you will have to spend about 107 minutes a week on this “exercise”.