This is how many calories you burn during the big spring cleaning

I can't say that I have a fear of germs, but I can say that my house is always tidy clean and shines from the green soap. Vacuuming is not my favorite, but scrubbing the floor on the other hand is my favorite. I find the smell of bleach, Ajax, and green soap so intensely pleasant that I at least go over the floor with the mop twice a week. And now it turns out that you gain much more benefit from it than just a spotless nest. New research shows that doing half an hour of household chores five times a week provides health benefits just like exercising. Hoppa, your turn now.  Vacuuming is just the new running and mopping is your new walking. Doesn't that make you want to clean? Besides burning fat, you have a 25 percent lower chance of premature death and a 20 percent lower chance of heart disease due to that cleaning session. Keep in mind, this is the health benefit if you MINIMALLY mop for half an hour five times a week. When are you starting your big spring cleaning?

Burning calories during the spring cleaning

• Cleaning the bathroom: 400 calories/hour
• Scrubbing the floor: 325 calories/hour
• Mopping: 312 calories/hour
• Washing windows: 300 calories/hour
• Vacuuming: 250 calories/hour
• Dusting: 170 calories/hour
• Washing dishes: 160 calories/hour
• Ironing: 137 calories/hour
• Doing laundry: 146 calories/hour
• Making the bed: 136 calories/hour
• Cooking: 136 calories/hour

The number of calories you burn per hour with these household tasks is of course always an average. The harder you go at it with that scrubber, the more calories you lose. Go over your windows with that mop one more time and spread your laundry over a few times so you can take the stairs one extra time. Please, girlfriend!

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