is hanging up laundry considered exercise?

no.. its not

I was told that everything outside of a normal routine would count. Is it on the database? If not then it probably doesn't burn much. A lot of peeps on my friends list log things like cleaning and food prep though. Personaly I have an active job and it can include anything from cleaning to building a shed to gardening and dog walking. I don't log anything now as I was doing it just to get more cals so I could eat more which isn't a healthy attitute to exersize in my opinion!

okay thanks just was curious. Its not on the database. well this is week 2 for me, i didnt even realise i was eating my exercise calories till one of my friends told me not to eat them up I do put cleaning as work out even a light one cause i clean a room in my house a day. Its still moving....but shoo carrying those heavy washing baskets out to the line i could feel my heart beating. lol

You should only log cleaning if your activity is set to 'sedentary', if it's set as lightly active then you shouldn't as it will be included already as daily activity.

Honestly, day to day cleaning doesn't get your heart rate up so I wouldn't log it.

also south african nope its not.. It might seem tiresome but I wouldn't think to add it as exercise.

okay thanks just was curious. Its not on the database. well this is week 2 for me, i didnt even realise i was eating my exercise calories till one of my friends told me not to eat them up I do put cleaning as work out even a light one cause i clean a room in my house a day. Its still moving....but shoo carrying those heavy washing baskets out to the line i could feel my heart beating. lol

if you are using MFPs calorie settings you SHOULD eat exercise cals back.

Exercise cals yes but if she's set as anything but sedentary she shouldn't be counting everyday things such as cleaning as exercise anyway.

No...

I do alot of cleaning at home, and i was wondering is hanging up laundry outside considered a exercise?I know most of you probably use a tumble dryer but in south africa most people hang up there clothes on sunny days

Ignore all these jealous amerifats who use tumble dryers they don't know what it's like to do physical tasks. I used to sit down when riding the bus but realised that I can burn more calories if I stand up during the journey. Now I stand up on the way to work and sometimes on the way home too and log those extra calories. I always remember to eat back my exercise calories too

Cleaning is on the MFP exercise database....

It is if you put the washing basket as far from the washing line as possible & hang one item up at a time per trip. Takes me about an hour to hang the washing. I then take it down the same way. With my fitbit I can get about 5-6 thousand steps just doing it each time..... enough that I do work up a sweat cause I'm going so fast. I just had to hang my stuff up inside cause it's raining.... washing at one end of the house...clotheshorse at the other...ONE item at a time. Took me 4000 steps to do half, I'm talking ONE sock, ONE underwear, ONE tshirt, ONE pair of pants..... per trip. So grab ONE...walk to line....hang...walk back empty handed....grab one...walk to line..... you get it now?


ANYTHING can be classed as exercise if you do it right..... you should see me clean the floors.


DO NOT LISTEN to those people who do NOT class it as exercise...... if you do it like I do then it's a bloody workout in itself. I didn't hang washing like that when I was fat.

No.

When the weather is nice I hang my clothes to dry. This is not exercise. You may feel your heart beating but are you breaking a continuous sweat? No.

What I've tried to do, particularly over the weekend where I don't want to exercise, is just mildly up my activity level.

In the past, I have spent Saturday and Sunday parked on my backside hardly moving, but this weekend, I made an effort to do extra bits of chores I wouldn't normally have done at a weekend.

I don't log this as exercise- I just think that a little extra activity keeps me ticking over. I only count cleaning as exercise when I do a big session.

Short answer - yes. Doing anything active is a form of exercise, and you are entitled to log it and eat it...

BUT - Unless you are talking about very heavy laundry or a very long walk to get to the line, its not going to be that many calories. I would consider this task to be closer to weight lifting than cardio work, and a gym session of dedicated weight lifting burns somethign like 200KCal per hour. So if you are hanging up washing for 15 minutes and you are working at a lower effort than dedicated wight lifting you are talking less than 50 KCals - probably 20 or 30.

Don't let that put you off though - Strength training is really good for you - building muscle strength will actually increase the amount of calories your burn doing nothing (because muscle requires fuel to maintain itself), will help your posture and will make you look more toned. Furthermore you could use the opportunity to do some really good strength work. Instead of bending down to pick up the laundry items, go down into a full squat - its better or your back to lift from your legs anyway. If you can, do one+ squat without the item then do one where you pick it up. Holding your arms out straight in front of you rather than bending them will build up tone in your arms and shoulders. If you want to burn more calories, jog on the spot during the whole thing (but personally I think this would be quite tricky!)

No - think of it this way - were you hanging up laundry or cleaning while you were stacking on the weight - if you were it did not stop you from getting fat - so how on earth are those same activities now helping you drop the weight?

^^smart post.

No - think of it this way - were you hanging up laundry or cleaning while you were stacking on the weight - if you were it did not stop you from getting fat - so how on earth are those same activities now helping you drop the weight?

^^smart post.

I'm with these two.

I live in america, but we have a clothesline in our basement to hang dry stuff that can't go in the dryer.

Do I count that? Hell no.. it burns maybe 3 calories if that.