Cleaning
Calories burned in 30 minutes: 120
Logging household chores like
vacuuming, dusting, mopping, sweeping, doing laundry, etc., is fine. Spending a
Saturday afternoon cleaning house can burn as many calories as taking a
60-minute kickboxing class. Plus, you help move yourself toward your daily
10,000-step goal. Consider the fruits of your labour — a spotless home — just
icing on the cake.
Walking
Calories burned in 30 minutes: 130
Walking has a low barrier to entry
and can be done virtually anywhere — the treadmill, to the shops, a museum, an
airport, round the park. Local walks, etc. You can also create a cardio
playlist – music to help you pick up the pace and walk along too. Listen on
your phone – IPod Mp3 player this will help increase your exercise performance.
Spice up your walks with intervals,(walk really fast for 5 mins and slower for
the next 5) weights, hills, you name it.
Playing an Instrument
Calories burned in 30 minutes: 70
Strumming a guitar might not burn
major calories, but you could learn and/or perfect a new skill with practice.
Whether you prefer the guitar, violin, drums or piano, you’ll burn calories in
a productive way. In addition to the calorie burn, learning play a musical
instrument helps protect against dementia and cognitive impairment.
Barre Classes
Calories burned in 30 minutes:
150–250
If you don’t wake up full of energy
and ready to participate in high-impact exercise, consider a Barre class. They
increases heart rate, builds muscle tone and provides little-to-no impact on
the body, Barre workouts provide a great cross-training option as it combines
yoga, resistance training, Pilates and ballet.
Climbing Stairs
Calories burned in 30 minutes: 275
Climbing stairs is a good way to up
your step count if it’s between the lift and the stairs, but you can also
continuously climb up and down stairs for a killer workout. While taking two at
a time seems harder and you may feel you are getting a better workout, climb
them one at a time. Researchers found while calorie expenditure remained higher
taking stairs two at a time, the burn throughout an entire flight of stairs was
higher when taking them one at a time, as you are more consistent
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