Suprising Activities that are Considered Exercise?
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cassi9879
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I'm working on an article/blog post about surprising activities that are considered exercise. Since I've pretty much only done workout DVDs and a little gardening for my exercise I don't know what all is out there.
On your journey, what funny/surprising activities have you found to burn calories?
On your journey, what funny/surprising activities have you found to burn calories?
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Everything burns calories. By virtue of being alive you burn calories. Now what you want to define as exercise is something else again.0
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hula hooping
roller blading
just came back from snowshoeing
every day I try to find fun and new things to do!0 -
like mokey says everything you do burns calories since your body needs energy all the time for breathing, blinking, organs working, blood circulating et.
as for exercise, i define exercise as anything that either challenges or maintains my current fitness level.0 -
Cleaning the bathroom (or anything really)
One of the reasons housewives in the 40s, 50s, 60s were thinner than we are today as a society is because they were constantly looking after the house, lifting things up, vacuuming. It really does burn a lot of cals.0 -
Cleaning the bathroom (or anything really)
One of the reasons housewives in the 40s, 50s, 60s were thinner than we are today as a society is because they were constantly looking after the house, lifting things up, vacuuming. It really does burn a lot of cals.
And they didn't eat half their meals at fast food places or binge on bags of potato chips and junk. It was considered slovenly to be overweight back when I was growing up.0 -
On your journey, what funny/surprising activities have you found to burn calories?
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I've read we actually spend more time now on housework, because the standards have changed. Who knows.
All activity can be considered 'exercise'. There are govt databases of calorie burns for everything from milking goats to changing light bulbs to sex.0 -
On your journey, what funny/surprising activities have you found to burn calories?
Shaking my head at many a MFP thread/post.0 -
Cleaning the bathroom (or anything really)
One of the reasons housewives in the 40s, 50s, 60s were thinner than we are today as a society is because they were constantly looking after the house, lifting things up, vacuuming. It really does burn a lot of cals.
And they didn't eat half their meals at fast food places or binge on bags of potato chips and junk. It was considered slovenly to be overweight back when I was growing up.
also they were also doing things like taking diet pills, frequently skipping meals or doing a cottage cheese and grapefruit for breakfast and lunch diet. add to that women back then had far less of a wardrobe than we do now so there was more of an incentive to stay the size you started.0 -
On your journey, what funny/surprising activities have you found to burn calories?
Shaking my head at many a MFP thread/post.
It's part of the endless search for more calories to eat without actually doing anything to earn them.0 -
I have an entry in my exercise log for "thefeniks" That's my BF's user name. Doing him burns calories and should count as exercise, right? Riiiiiiiiiiight.0
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"dusting - light effort"
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On your journey, what funny/surprising activities have you found to burn calories?
I would say the TEF due to protein consumption. It's hard work.0 -
"dusting - light effort"
Women shouldn't do it. My forearms got SO bulky from dusting.0 -
On your journey, what funny/surprising activities have you found to burn calories?
Shaking my head at many a MFP thread/post.
It's part of the endless search for more calories to eat without actually doing anything to earn them.
it's for the people who want to say the burned some calroies and didn't train.
For some people "exercising" is enough.
I haven't "exercised" in years.
I train. I train very hard- i'ts important to me to be better than I was yesterday and to be on a progression forward.
Just mindlessly burning calories for the sake of burning calories isn't my thing- but it works for some people because it's better than doing nothing.
> playing with the dog
> raking leaves
> mowing the lawn
> serious house cleaning (moving furniture- boxes)
> moving
> chasing my horse that got loose
> jumping (horses)
> riding a motorcycle aggressively- and no I don't' mean on the freeway- I mean like at a track.0 -
Cooking/food prep - I have used this a few times when I've spent hours in the kitchen (baking or around Thanksgiving). I was not surprised that it burned calories, of course. I was surprised at what the database said it burned.0
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I like playing paintball. Burns calories, its fun and being able to shoot my kiddos and husband is a huge stress reliever!0
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Cleaning the bathroom (or anything really)
One of the reasons housewives in the 40s, 50s, 60s were thinner than we are today as a society is because they were constantly looking after the house, lifting things up, vacuuming. It really does burn a lot of cals.
Corsets helped too! And were pretty sexy!0 -
On your journey, what funny/surprising activities have you found to burn calories?
Shaking my head at many a MFP thread/post.0
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