Two in one strike! Keep it clean and stay trim.Category: Dating
Article added by: Fran Rimrod
If you're struggling to motivate yourself to do the dishes or dust the shelves, then just remember the number 50,261.
That's the average number of calories burned off each year simply by doing household chores, according to a UK poll by electrical goods giant Philips.
Researchers found that we walk more than 35 kilometers a year while cleaning our homes: that's the equivalent of crossing the length a football field 260 times.
If you want to compare this number to something real in your life, have a look at this: being clean and tidy can afford you 603 glasses of wine, or 192 bars of chocolate, 369 cans of fizzy drink, 146 cheeseburgers or 394 packs of crisps.
So if you are not a devoted gym junky you can still stay fit and healthy, because domestic chores were found to provide the same amount of exercise as spending 57 hours running at 8.5 miles an hour, or cycling 477 miles.
Almost two-thirds of those polled said they cleaned more thoroughly to try to get some exercise, while 94 per cent said they worked up a sweat while doing the chores and half could feel their muscles burning afterwards.
Surprisingly, 44 per cent were willing to confess that they also danced while cleaning to alleviate the boredom.
Dr Gary O'Donovan, a lecturer in sport and exercise medicine at the University of Exeter in the UK, said: "To prevent weight gain, most adults need to expend around 400 calories per day in physical activity, which is equivalent to around two hours of dusting and cleaning or 82 minutes of vacuuming and mopping."
Vacuuming was the most popular chore in the survey, with 35 per cent indicating a preference for it, followed by doing the laundry and washing-up.
Perhaps unsurprisingly, women questioned were more likely to clean regularly than men.
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