Meaningful weight loss during spring cleaning So much calories are consumed during cleaning

Spring cleaning: window cleaning boosts calorie consumption
Granted, not all people love cleaning. One should then just keep in mind that the work in the house not only ensures cleanliness, but can also help with weight loss. Because during spring cleaning many calories are burned.

Spring cleaning helps with weight loss
Who wants to reduce his body weight, should better refrain from extreme crash diets, because these bring almost nothing, because due to the yo-yo effect quickly increases again. The best chance of losing weight, according to experts with a permanent diet with fewer calories. At the same time you should move regularly, because even sports is helpful in losing weight. Currently, it is here to bring the house up to scratch. The spring cleaning replaces the fitness training.

The spring cleaning is ideal for losing weight. When cleaning the windows, the calorie consumption is properly boosted. (Image: Dan Race / fotolia.com)

Window cleaning boosts calorie consumption
Window cleaning not only provides a clear view, but also boosts the calorie consumption and is ideal for fitness training.

Getting on and off the ladder promotes endurance, much like climbing stairs, writes the Consumer Initiative in a message.

"Stretch out the upper areas consciously long, this is an effective stretching exercise. Get down to reach the lower reaches and force yourself up again, "recommends Alexandra Borchard-Becker of the Consumer Initiative.

Energy consumption of one hour of endurance sports
The experts also explain how efficient the cleaning can be. For example, a 70-kilogram person consumes around 320 calories in one hour of window cleaning.

If another 30 minutes of vacuuming and 15 minutes of wiping are added, the energy consumption increases by another 200 kilocalories.

Thorough scrubbing of bathroom tiles over the tub and in the shower is a good workout for the arms and chest muscles. Nice side effect: in 15 minutes, almost 75 kilocalories are consumed.

Two hours of spring cleaning therefore bring about a total of about 600 kilocalories less and are comparable to the energy consumption of one hour of endurance sports.

Make cleaning training effective
In order to make the cleaning training even more effective, according to the consumer initiative, no lengthy breaks should be made during the swift work. However, it should be drunk again and again, for example, water or unsweetened teas.

The arms should be alternated regularly to avoid one-sided loads. Stretch and loosen up the whole body in the end.

Ideally, the abdominal and pectoral muscles are constantly tense and the tension is held for a while. The ladder can serve as a fitness machine, soar up and down as often as possible. It also improves endurance. (Ad)