The Spring Clean Burn, How to Lose Weight Cleaning
Fitness for All
It's finally time to skip the gym and dust off those mops and brooms! Spring cleaning is here : along with an easy way for you to not only clean up your house but also burns those extra calories.
In just 30 minutes of household cleaning, you can burn nearly 200 calories. So, say goodbye to the gym and hello to the scrubbing brush!
Your actual amount of calories burned will depend on your weight, gender and age, but the following calorie burners are based on a 155 pound woman cleaning for one hour. (You can locate calculators online to determine the exact amount of your calories burned.)
Gardening: 226 calories
Window washing: 226 calories
Scrubbing floors (on hands and knees): 291 calories
Laundry, ironing: 84 calories
Sewing repairs: 36 calories
Dusting: 97 calories
Scrubbing toilets, tub: 246 calories
Vacuuming: 317 calories
Cleaning gutters: 258 calories
Moving furniture, household items: 387 calories
Painting, papering, plastering: 317 calories
Sweeping: 194 calories
Mopping: 153 calories
Mowing the lawn: 148 calories
Washing dishes: 77 calories