[thewomanwithin67]

Im a member of Denise Austin's morning stretch club and I get tips daily.

I knew housework & yard work burned some calories but never looked at it the same as medium-intensity aerobics.

Sure, mopping floors and tilling the garden is hard work, but exercise? Researchers say it is! The great news is that chores help you burn calories while you get things done! If you do them often enough, you won't have to go to the gym!

Try turning on the tunes and moving briskly; add squats, biceps curls, and other moves as you go.

You can burn -
200 calories an hour mopping, vacuuming, or washing windows — the same as medium-intensity aerobics;
400 calories per hour of mowing the lawn — the same as cycling;
500 calories per hour of washing and waxing the car — the same as jumping rope

We decided to paint the inside of our house, so I've been doing that the past 3 or 4 days and even though it's in the low to mid 70's here, I was sweating like I ran across town. Who needs a stair climber when you have a 10ft ladder that you have to climb up and down to reach 15 ft ceilings? lol Don't even get me started on scrubbing the baseboards, taping each room or cleaning up after - I'm so sore today I could cry hehehe.

[hi ho hi ho hi ho] I have more painting to go....

[reesedebi3]

I completely agree with you, on the days i don't go to the gym i seem to get my exercise here at home. Doing light cleaning always seems to turn into heavy cleaning that last for a couple of hours. Its a great work out.

[findingme4me]

i love that cleaning my house and playing with my son counts as working out.... kinda makes ya wanna do a little more...well for me it dose!