Ironing is exercise, right??

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  • refuseresist
    refuseresist Posts: 934 Member
    is this you?
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  • lorigem
    lorigem Posts: 446 Member
    That's why I love my BodyMedia Fit. It calculates what I'm doing all day...no guesswork. :)

    And lighten up people...geez.
  • Mia_RagazzaTosta
    Mia_RagazzaTosta Posts: 4,885 Member
    Lol.

    I just want to say to those who log cleaning as exercise: I wear a Fitbit. I cleaned my house for about 5 hours last weekend; we're talking scrubbing floors, toilets, vacuuming, dusting, laundry, all up and down stairs. I was sweating like a barn animal, well, because I just do. However, my activity calories from my Fitbit were just under 300. If I entered 300 minutes of Cleaning, heavy, vigorous effort here it would have been 1106 calories.

    TL; DR: don't log cleaning; it's work but it ain't exercise.
  • Lochlyn_D
    Lochlyn_D Posts: 492 Member
    Sweating doesn't necessarily mean you're burning calories. If that were so then we would be able to lose weight just by sun tanning or sitting in the sauna. Working over the hot iron will cause you to sweat but that is just dehydration. Not to say all of it is. I'm sure you did burn some calories. Any movement or work burns some calories.

    The only way to know for sure is to use a heart rate monitor.
  • etoiles_argentees
    etoiles_argentees Posts: 2,827 Member
    Speed ironing? I'm not sure if this is a joke question or not. I iron very slowly and carefully, correctly IMO.
  • Lochlyn_D
    Lochlyn_D Posts: 492 Member
    Lol.

    I just want to say to those who log cleaning as exercise: I wear a Fitbit. I cleaned my house for about 5 hours last weekend; we're talking scrubbing floors, toilets, vacuuming, dusting, laundry, all up and down stairs. I was sweating like a barn animal, well, because I just do. However, my activity calories from my Fitbit were just under 300. If I entered 300 minutes of Cleaning, heavy, vigorous effort here it would have been 1106 calories.

    TL; DR: don't log cleaning; it's work but it ain't exercise.

    Totally agree! I never log housework because I consider that part of my daily activity which is already taken into account.
  • LiftAllThePizzas
    LiftAllThePizzas Posts: 17,857 Member
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  • TeaBea
    TeaBea Posts: 14,517 Member
    Is sitting in a sauna considered exercise?


    This!^

    Sweat does NOT equal exercise.
  • CallMeCupcakeDammit
    CallMeCupcakeDammit Posts: 9,377 Member
    this is a joke right?

    if not, your first ever post = epic failure with a laughable factor of 10...

    maybe you are sweating from the heat of the iron on your face?

    I thought the big 'LOL' and smile on the end made it obvious it was a joke..

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  • Kita328
    Kita328 Posts: 370 Member
    This kind of ironing?

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    I love this Comment. SOOO WITTY
  • ilarrotta
    ilarrotta Posts: 160 Member
    Isn't that how Ironman got his abs?

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  • Flab2fitfi
    Flab2fitfi Posts: 1,349 Member
    Lots of people think that lifting a 5 pound dumbell a dozen or two times is "exercise" and is going to give them amazing arms, so why not.

    I'd better put those 12kg dumbells down then ( only just started) and find those little weights.
  • fuzzieme
    fuzzieme Posts: 454 Member
    FINALLY !!!! The answer I was looking for. Someone posted 300 calories. I'll take that.

    Thank you. :wink:

    :drinker:
  • LiftAllThePizzas
    LiftAllThePizzas Posts: 17,857 Member
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  • Sactown900
    Sactown900 Posts: 162 Member
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  • Sactown900
    Sactown900 Posts: 162 Member
    This kind of ironing?

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    Great photo. Her and Bev Francis wer so ahead of their time.
  • Azdak
    Azdak Posts: 8,281 Member
    Haha, wear a HRM next time and you'll know :wink:

    I put another HRM on my iron, so I get TWICE the BURN!!!!

    I even do Tabata ironing--gets me SOO ripped.
  • ndj1979
    ndj1979 Posts: 29,136 Member
    ndj1979, was your post really needed?

    housework does count as some type of workout, although not much, but I say take what you can get. All that ironing has to at least count for some type of arm workout...AT LEAST!

    yes, it was very necessary...

    Sorry, but ironing is not exercise.....go lift some real weight and check back with me.

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