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Household chores as exercise

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I am a 40–year old house wife. I usually spend about 8 hours daily on my house hold chores. I read somewhere that this amount of work is enough exercise for me. Kindly confirm.

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Yes – with a few considerations in mind . Chores you do around the house and yard can burn calories and tone muscles. Even short bouts of mild physical activity can help improve your fitness level, especially for people who are just getting started with exercise.Non-injured, healthy adults are capable of a variety of essential movements, and many of them can be found in simple daily tasks that you might find yourself doing around the house on a Saturday afternoon.Lifting and carrying bags of potting soil, washing the car, or standing on one leg to dust a high shelf are all functional movements. While they may not seem like much, these movements can both burn calories and utilize muscles that would go unused if you decided to skip your chores to lay on the couch.

 

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