These Household Chores Burn the Most Calories

Getting stuck into the vacuuming or hanging out loads of washing may not be the most appealing of pastimes, but a new study has found that doing household chores can burn more than 2,000 calories a week.

Scrubbing the bathroom tiles, doing laundry, washing dishes and vacuuming the house can be the equivalent of a workout at the gym depending, of course, on how thoroughly you're cleaning.

The findings also looked into which chores are best for certain areas of the body.

Darren Beale from MuscleFood.com, which conducted the study, told the DailyMail that for those of us with little spare time, fitting exercise into a schedule is tough, along with keeping up to date with housework.

"Now you don't need to feel as guilty knowing that whilst you're cleaning the windows you've worked off that muffin you ate earlier."

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