RIO Fitness Chicago® Exercise & Nutrition Blog

RIO Fitness Chicago® Tip:

To be as fit & healthy as possible we must burn 300-500max calories with serious exercise daily AND then we must keep burning calories all day long with other activities. Here's TWELVE easy simple things we can do to increase how many calories we burn all day long:

•Stretching for 30mins/day burns 85cal. That can be 10mins in the morning, 10mins at lunchtime, and 10mins before bed if we can do 30 straight mins.
•General cleaning of a house (dusting, washing dishes, etc.) for 30mins burns 87cal.
•Vacuuming a house for 30mins burns 119cal.
•Pushing around a grocery cart while shopping for 30mins burns 78cal.
•Unloading a car of shopping bags/groceries for 30mins burns 102cal.
•Do 3 sets of 60sec jumping jacks, then pushups, then squats at commercial breaks while you’re watching TV.
•Dance around the living room to music with the little ones in your family. 30mins of aerobic dance burns 238cal.
•Do wall squat sits while you are writing a grocery list or something equivalent.
•Take the stairs at the mall rather than the escalator or the elevator.
•Park far away from the entrance of your destination and walk.
•Don’t sit down while you are talking on the phone. Pace around back & forth. .
•After dinner every night don’t sit down to chat, go for a walk or run with your family or friends. Running for 30mins at 6.7 mph (9 min/mile) burns 374cal. Walking at 4 mph (15 min/mile) burns 170.