These 7 Household Chores Will Help You Burn Calories Faster Than Any Gym Workout

Did you know that scrubbing and disinfecting your house's surfaces can be a form of cardio? or getting rid of your trash is a strength training exercise in disguise? And you get a spotless house as you get fitter and hotter! Well not just cleaning, other household chores are also forms of exercise that are as effective as an average gym workout session. Using short bouts of activities that help us move our bodies to break away from our sedentary lives can work wonders for our fitness levels.

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Household Chores That Help You Lose Weight

Here are 7 household chores you can incorporate into your daily lifestyle to burn a significant amount of calories.

1) Mopping the floor

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Bending and stretching to clean your house feels almost as bad as spending time in the gym. But does sweating it out in the gym make your floors shine? So why not kill two birds with one stone? Mopping your home's floors engages your core muscles and helps you burn 150-250 calories per hour.

2) Vacuuming the home

Keeping your house dust-free has never been easier than with the use of a vacuum. While using the vacuum requires less effort and energy than traditional sweeping and dusting, pushing and pulling a vacuum cleaner can still help you burn nearly 150-300 calories per hour.

3) Cleaning windows and tiles

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Scrubbing and disinfecting your house's tiles and windows may feel like a burden but what if we tell you it can help you can skip your workout session? Stretching to reach high and wiping motions involved in this task uses several muscle groups and can lead to the burning of 100-200 calories per hour.

4) Washing the car

A car wash is an activity usually either scheduled for the weekend or delegated to another, but you can turn it into a great workout while also saving money. Cleaning your car's windshield, windows and roof engages your abs and oblique muscles. and burns around 180 calories per hour.

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5) Mowing the lawn

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Gardening activities like pulling out weeds, watering the plants and pushing a lawn mower to mow the lawn can help you get in shape pretty quickly. Gardening is not only good for our mental health but also helps to keep us physically fit. Squatting while spending time tending to your home garden strengthens your leg muscles and helps to burn 200-400 calories per hour.

6) Getting groceries

Walking up and down the stairs while carrying heavy bags full of groceries at a brisk pace is similar to weight training and can help you burn close to 500 calories per hour. Cleaning your produce and storing them can also provide a great arm workout.

7) Doing laundry

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All of us have a chair in our homes that is filled with to-be-done laundry at all times. The heap of clothes haphazardly piled on that chair seems to be never-ending. So exchange an hour of your gym time and wash these clothes by hand today. Clothes that are too delicate to be washed in the machine or transfer colours are anyway washed by hand. Save electricity and wash your clothes by hand to burn 205-300 calories per hour.

Incorporating these chores that you can do around the house not only helps with your fitness but also saves you from the dangers of a sedentary lifestyle. Going to the gym regularly to remain fit is often a chore in itself so why not indulge in these household activities and keep those muscles pumping?

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