Odd activities for exercise?

muth3rluvx2

http://caloriecount.about.com/

I found shoveling, spaying, hoeing here along with hauling (wood, dirt, etc) - activities I regularly engage in but "general gardening" is awfully high for weeding and I wasn't sure if it was high enough for digging/hauling.

borisda

Hi I found mowing the lawn on a ride on mower, surely that can't count towards your calorie burn MADNESS!!!!

red01angel

Hi I found mowing the lawn on a ride on mower, surely that can't count towards your calorie burn MADNESS!!!!

I've never mowed a lawn in my life, but don't you have to lift stuff when using a ride-on mower? It sounds totally ludicrous to me to count something like that, but if you want to count every single calorie going out...

mictur

Try raking the lawn for over 400 calories!:flowerforyou:

borisda

How big is your lawn, it must be a stately home hehe
now wheres that rake

xojox

i'm recently out of plaster from a broken ankle, but i actually found walking with crutches!! lol x

muth3rluvx2

Hi I found mowing the lawn on a ride on mower, surely that can't count towards your calorie burn MADNESS!!!!

Sure. Riding a motorcycle burns alot too. it's not like driving a car.. there's actually some labor involved in steering those things.

And as far as raking - if you think about it - the activity utilizes just about every muscle group and requires short, rapid bursts of movement with resistence.

Don't knock yardwork. That's some serious labor.