The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommends 150 minutes of exercise per week for a healthy life. Apart from going to the gym, you can fill this time by cleaning the house.
MAKES IT EASY TO LOSE WEIGHT
Doing housework can also help you gain strength, increase mobility and increase your metabolism, which can help you maintain a healthy weight. Fulfilling these tasks can help you maintain your mobility, which facilitates all your other daily activities, as well as providing a cleaner living space.
You can burn as many calories as you do when you do sports with routine household chores such as sweeping, tidying up, wiping windows, dusting.
HOW MANY CALORIES TO SWEEPING THE HOUSE?
An average person weighing 79 kg can burn 80 calories if he sweeps the house with a vacuum cleaner for half an hour. Thanks to the house sweep, the upper body and legs can be tightened.
To strengthen your leg muscles, you can try sweeping the house on your toes or in a squatting position.
HOW MANY CALORIES TO COLLECT THE HOUSE?
Although it is hard to believe, you can burn very strong calories thanks to the items and parcels you carry from room to room. For example; When someone weighs 79 kg cleans the house for an hour, they burn an average of 238 calories. If the items carried are larger and heavier, this rate can go up to 588 calories. While doing repetitive movements, do not forget to do stretching movements in between.
HOW MANY CALORIES OF POWDER OR RUBBING?
If you dust for an hour, you will burn about 159 calories and you will have a cleaner home, which positively affects your health. However, if you do heavier work, such as wiping glass, you’ll burn 318–378 calories per hour.
HOW MANY CALORIES TO FOLD LAUNDRY?
For a 79-pound person, doing laundry and folding laundry for an hour burns about 159 calories. If you have a washer and/or dryer with a front wash, try squatting to move your clothes in and out instead of leaning behind you. Make sure to push off your legs and keep your shoulders stable as you lift heavy baskets.
WAYS TO TURN HOMEWORK INTO WORKOUT
- Make sure you work your muscles and your posture while performing all the tasks.
- Use proper body mechanics when lifting and carrying items, pushing and pulling.
- Avoid excessive stretching or bending over your body unless appropriate.
- Use your non-dominant arm and hand to do the tasks, this allows the other side to rest and gives you a more balanced workout.
- Instead of leaning on a low bench or reaching for low items, get into a squat position.
- Use weighted vests and wearable weights such as wrist or ankle weights to improve balance and gain strength.