Anonymous
Post 09/11/2025 13:59     Subject: Would your housework qualify as exercise?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Roughly the equivalent of walking at 3.5mph, METS 3.0-3.5. Check the table under reference values.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metabolic_equivalent_of_task


How dirty is your house? Vacuuming takes me less than 5 minutes.

Wow how tiny is your home? Vacuuming just my main floor takes ~10-15m, plus if you move furniture it takes longer. Then add stairs, upstairs, bedrooms, etc. Maybe you don't do it very thoroughly?
Anonymous
Post 09/11/2025 13:57     Subject: Would your housework qualify as exercise?
LOL. I don't do nearly enough cleaning to count as exercise (i hate housework). But when I do, I do go all out and I'd say it would count. But thats like, pretty darn rare. If I only worked out once a month I don't think I'd be very fit!
Anonymous
Post 09/11/2025 13:55     Subject: Would your housework qualify as exercise?
My rest day is cleaning the house and light yardwork.

Anonymous
Post 09/11/2025 13:46     Subject: Would your housework qualify as exercise?
How would housework be exercise? How dirty is your house? Yuck.
Anonymous
Post 09/11/2025 09:39     Subject: Would your housework qualify as exercise?
Physical activity is not always equivalent to exercise m, but sometimes it is- use a METS calculator.
Anonymous
Post 09/11/2025 09:36     Subject: Would your housework qualify as exercise?
No but it is exercise. I put my peloton on.
Anonymous
Post 09/11/2025 09:10     Subject: Would your housework qualify as exercise?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Roughly the equivalent of walking at 3.5mph, METS 3.0-3.5. Check the table under reference values.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metabolic_equivalent_of_task


How dirty is your house? Vacuuming takes me less than 5 minutes.


About 20 minutes every week. Vacuum rugs, move rugs, vacuum again. Damp mop.
Anonymous
Post 09/11/2025 08:57     Subject: Would your housework qualify as exercise?
Anonymous wrote:Roughly the equivalent of walking at 3.5mph, METS 3.0-3.5. Check the table under reference values.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metabolic_equivalent_of_task


How dirty is your house? Vacuuming takes me less than 5 minutes.
Anonymous
Post 09/11/2025 08:49     Subject: Would your housework qualify as exercise?
No. We have a housekeeper and I personally prefer Barre and Pilates.
Anonymous
Post 09/10/2025 16:31     Subject: Re:Would your housework qualify as exercise?
If I did it correctly it would. If you are mopping floors, scrubbing baths and showers, cleaning the curtains and blinds, wiping down all walls and surfaces, regularly degreasing surfaces in the kitchen, cleaning light fixtures, and cleaning under and around all furniture, on top of the sort of cleaning everyone does (dishes, laundry, vacuuming) it would absolutely constitute daily exercise. Getting your house truly clean requires more than a little elbow grease.

But I'm lazy so I don't. I do hire someone to come in and deep clean once in a while to make up for it.
Anonymous
Post 09/10/2025 16:23     Subject: Would your housework qualify as exercise?
Micro movements also have health benefits.
Anonymous
Post 09/10/2025 16:23     Subject: Would your housework qualify as exercise?
I'll have to ask the cleaning people.
Anonymous
Post 09/10/2025 16:21     Subject: Would your housework qualify as exercise?
Anonymous wrote:Do you take care of enough daily chores around the house for it to be considered a substitute of or significant part of a workout?


Nope. Not even close to that.
Brisk walking for 20-30 minutes 1 mile minimum is considered exercise.
Anonymous
Post 09/10/2025 16:04     Subject: Would your housework qualify as exercise?
Roughly the equivalent of walking at 3.5mph, METS 3.0-3.5. Check the table under reference values.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metabolic_equivalent_of_task
Anonymous
Post 09/10/2025 15:52     Subject: Would your housework qualify as exercise?
Heavy gardening/landscaping days, yes. As in when I'm pulling vines and lugging bags of mulch and soil around by hand and using a saw to cut trees and clear brush. But I'm out there for hours