It named the most effective form of fitness

Those who wish to get in shape before the onset of summer, the experts advise to do spring cleaning in the house. It turns out that during this process burns calories more than the marathon.

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Spring spring-cleaning   with washing windows and chandeliers, knocking out carpets, moving the furniture to remove dust and dirt from the farthest corner of the house, washing and ironing will allow you to burn as many as 3655 calories as established scientists. Meanwhile, ran a full marathon (42 km) of the people burn while running from 2 500 to 3 500 calories, so it allows you to spend an extra cleaning as much as 900 calories. However, it takes much more time than running.

3655 calories is 30 large glasses of white wine and 20 chocolate eclairs. Researchers from the UK have estimated that during the average life expectancy of people during the spring general cleanings   burns 250 thousand (!) 783 calories or a sandwich with bacon. These conclusions were based on observations of the housewives who keep records of time spent on spring cleaning. Women are also fixed, what kinds of cleaning they did.

Thus, during an hour of vacuum was burned on average, 238 calories, with one hour of cleaning floors 258 calories. When moving heavy furniture (2 hours) 476 calories, while washing windows (3:00) 612 calories, and a careful cleaning toilets and bathrooms (1 hour) 258 calories. Even in turning over mattresses and clean bedding was spent 136 calories and 4 hours spent on washing all cooking utensils, the devastation of the old cans, cleaning cutting boards allowed to burn 952 calories.

On the whole, the general spring cleaning woman took 16 hours and 20 minutes, stretching out for four days. Women themselves, cleaning service, were surprised when experts told them how many calories were spent washing windows, and dust collection. The ladies said that now would be to get out of the house with much more pleasure. (READ MORE)

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