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Increase Your Heart Rate
with Household Chores
(HealthScoutNews) --According to cardiologists
at the Medical College of Wisconsin, household chores will get
your heart rate going and work off those extra calories.
Here are some everyday activities
that will burn about 100 calories:
| Activity |
Minutes |
| Clean/vacuum/mop |
25-35 |
| Wash dishes |
45-50 |
| Wash windows |
20-30 |
| Rake leaves |
20-25 |
| Gardening |
15-20 |
| Shovel snow |
10-15 |
| Waxing
Car |
15-20 |
| Blow snow |
15-20 |
| Stack firewood |
15-20 |
| Mow lawn |
25-30 |
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The above guide is estimated for a
120- to 150-pound healthy person.
Try our health calculators
to find out how many calories you burn during a specific activity.
Reference
Source 101
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