Wellness Letter: Exercise News

A Little Effort Means a Lot!

Most people think that an activity must make them huff and puff in order to qualify as exercise. Not so! Did you know that each set of the following activities burns the same number of calories in fifteen minutes?

• Light housework or sewing / knitting
  
  
• Putting away groceries or strolling on the treadmill with no grade at less than 2 m.p.h.
  
  
• Cleaning windows or doing water aerobics
  
  
• Sexual intercourse or using a rowing machine (50W)
  
  
• Raking leaves or playing golf (walking the course, not taking the cart!)
  
  
• Mowing the lawn (push mower) or playing badminton
  
  
• Walking up stairs or cycling (11 m.p.h.)
  
  
• Moving heavy furniture or swimming (backstroke)

—February 2006

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