With spring well on the way and the holiday season looming, it is also the time of year when people may be considering a big spring clean. Now, it may not be the most exciting thing to do on a weekend, but it is a little known fact that you can burn over 2,000 calories just from sprucing up your house!
So British Military Fitness (BMF) have put together a list of calorie busting chores, which can help you to burn off an impressive 2,200 calories, whilst also making your home look great for the summer. Of course, this doesn’t mean you can slack on your regular exercise routine, but every little helps.
Sweeping
Grab that broom and sweep those floors and you can burn up to 136 calories in 30 minutes.
Dusting
Dust is a pesky little substance, which seems to get everywhere you can think of. But by cleaning it up, you can work off 170 calories in an hour.
Washing floors
If you want to give your floors a really deep clean, this can burn up to 187 calories in 30 minutes.
Cleaning windows
Cleaning all the grime from around the windows, as well as making sure the glass is sparkling, can burn 334 calories in an hour.
Vacuuming
Vacuuming can be one of the more active chores and if you do the whole house, you can cover quite a lot of ground. You can also suction off up to 238 calories whilst you do so.
Washing the car
It’s easy for a car to get filthy without us noticing, but skipping the car wash and giving it a good clean inside and out can help burn around 153 calories.
Deep cleaning the bathroom
Bathrooms can easily collect soap scum and mould, therefore a deep clean is necessary every so often. Also, you can burn up to 258 calories an hour by doing so!
Moving furniture
Fancy switching things around and moving some of your furniture? This can burn 200 calories in half an hour.
Mowing the lawn
You don’t need to be Alan Titchmarsh to be proud of your garden and simply by mowing the lawn you can make it look a lot neater, whilst also burning off 190 calories in 30 minutes.
Redecorating
If you fancy sprucing up your walls with a lick of paint, this can work off 334 calories per hour.
These calorie-burning chores won’t transform you overnight, and if you’ve been cooped up inside cleaning all day, we would definitely still recommend getting active in the great outdoors afterwards to take in the fresh spring air!
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NB. All calorie counts are based on a person weighing 150lbs.