If you haven’t had time to go to the gym this week, perhaps getting on top of your household chores would do the trick. Another perk besides having a spotless house is that you wear whatever you want and clean to any music you like!
Next time you have to scrub your house down and need a bit more motivation, remember these:
78 Calories
Laundry involves loading and unloading the washing machine, hanging up the clothes and folding when it’s done, it can burn 78 calories in an hour. That’s like doing 100 sit ups!
420 Calories
After your laundry is done, ironing is the next step and if you spend about three hours per week, this burns about 420 calories which is like taking a Zumba class.
100 Calories
If you own a bathtub, it requires quite a bit of elbow grease to clean and just 15 minutes of scrubbing can burn up to 100 calories. That’s about the same as doing 30 jumping squats and can help tone your arms and shoulder muscles.
334 Calories
Cleaning your windows can burn 334 calories per hour which is like doing 40 push ups. A great tip for cleaning windows is to use old newspaper or magazine pages to wipe them down because paper doesn’t leave any lint.
65 Calories
Even the act of making your beds can burn 65 calories in 15 minutes which is like a mile-long power walk. All the lifting of the mattresses and shaking of the pillows can help tone the arms and strengthen your core.
90 Calories
For those with allergies, vacuuming is of the utmost importance. The act of ridding your house of dust can burn 90 calories in half an hour which is about the same as 15 minutes of kickboxing. Additionally, it’s possible to reach 10,000 steps, depending on the size of your abode.
145 Calories
After vacuuming, next is to mop the floor and this burns 145 calories every 30 minutes which is like 15 minutes of running on the treadmill.
560 Calories
Even washing your dishes can burn a lot of calories because it’s done a few times a week. If you spend about 15 minutes washing up every night, you’ll burn about 560 calories a week. This is equivalent to swimming 2500 metres.
References: Good Housekeeping.
