MOWING THE LAWN: <\/strong>Dump your expensive gardener and tackle the lawn on your own. Use a manual or push mower for maximum calorie burn. Expect to burn about 325 calories per hour.<\/p>\nCOOKING: <\/strong>Cooking is the best workout for you! So, put on your chef\u2019s hat and burn about 150 calories per hour.<\/p>\nSHOVELING SNOW: <\/strong>Burn off holiday treats by shoveling your own snow. This heart-pumping exercise burns about 415 calories per hour.<\/p>\nPAINTING THE WALLS: <\/strong>In two minds whether to paint your walls all by yourself? Just go for it! Stain your deck or repaint that unsightly room and you\u2019ll burn about 290 calories per hour. Painting is an excellent way to work your leg and arm muscles while building lean muscle mass.<\/p>\nGARDENING: <\/strong>Working in your garden will help you burn calories and make a more welcoming outdoor environment. You\u2019ll burn about 250 calories per hour. Enjoy the added bonus of fresh vegetables from your garden, which will benefit both your wallet and your waistline.<\/p>\nYARD WORK: <\/strong>Yard work offers some of the most labor intensive household chores. Tasks like digging and raking the leaves not only burn a lot of calories but can help tone muscles in your arms and legs. 30 minutes of digging in your yard will burn about 315 calories, the same amount burned by 45 minutes of bicycling on flat terrain. Digging tones the muscles of your calves, thighs, arms and shoulders. If you do it vigorously enough and continue the activity for 20 minutes or more, you can raise your heart rate and strengthen your cardiovascular system. Weeding for 30 minutes burns 115 calories, the same amount you’d burn in 15 minutes of weight training. Weeding tones your thighs and buttocks. Just be careful to bend with your legs while keeping your spine straight, or you could hurt your back.<\/p>\nTOP TIPS TO GO FOR THE HOUSEWORK BURN:<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\nUse a wax polish in a tin rather than a spray \u2013 you\u2019ll need to rub much harder to get a nice shine on your furniture.<\/li>\n Don\u2019t leave things to pile up at the bottom of the stairs \u2013 take individual items upstairs as soon as you need to.<\/li>\n Plan your housework so you constantly have to run up and down the stairs. For example, empty the dishwasher in the kitchen, then make the bed upstairs, then vacuum the living room downstairs, then clean the bathroom upstairs \u2013 and so on.<\/li>\n Keep the laundry basket on the floor when you\u2019re ironing (rather than on a raised surface like a table). That way you\u2019ll constantly have to bend and stretch to reach the clothes.<\/li>\n Get more creative in the kitchen \u2013 peeling, chopping, stirring, whisking and beating all burn more calories than simply heating up a ready meal in a microwave oven. And if you really want to work up a sweat, have a go at making your own bread \u2013 kneading the dough is hard work!<\/li>\n Stick on your favourite music and turn up the volume \u2013 it will help you polish and sweep that bit harder.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"You might be surprised to know that you don\u2019t need to go to the gym or bundle up for a winter power walk to stay fit. Daily activities burn calories and can add up to a personal fitness routine. So why hit the gym, when you can burn equal amount of calories at home doing household chores? SWEEPING AND MOPING:Burning about 240 calories per hour, sweeping\/mopping is a great upper and lower body workout. Focus on the dirtiest areas of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12004,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[682],"tags":[5623,5624,5625,245],"yoast_head":"\n
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