Get fit doing chores
Don’t have time to go to the gym but want to burn more calories? The good news is that household chores can be effective calorie burners.
Here’s how many calories a woman weighing 170lb will burn doing an hour’s worth of various household chores.
| Chore |
Calories burned per hour |
| Dusting |
170 |
| Ironing |
110 |
| Loading the dishwasher |
210 |
| Mopping floors |
224 |
| Scrubbing |
400 |
| Vacuuming |
180 |
| Washing the car |
230 |
| Washing dishes |
210 |
| Gardening |
280 |