House work as exercise

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bluerobi
bluerobi Posts: 22
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Mopping the floor or pushing your vacuum cleaner burns calories. List them on your exercise list. I found that a 140 lb person burns 223 calories each hour mopping floors or vacuuming. There are many web sites to give this info for any activity.

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  • bluerobi
    bluerobi Posts: 22
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    Mopping the floor or pushing your vacuum cleaner burns calories. List them on your exercise list. I found that a 140 lb person burns 223 calories each hour mopping floors or vacuuming. There are many web sites to give this info for any activity.
  • jules1984
    jules1984 Posts: 439 Member
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    Well, I've grown fond of those commecials showing how to fit movement into your life, "Groove your body two times a day" and such. I find playing fast paced music (like a lot of the oldies) while I'm cleaning gets me to move. My roommate thinks I'm nuts but I dance while doing the dishes. :tongue:
  • Nich0le
    Nich0le Posts: 2,906 Member
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    IT's true that it burns calories but I don't account for them in my exercise because they fall into my normal daily activities, besides, most people don't get their heart rate up scrubbing the toilet.........unless it's really gross:laugh:

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