by: Ernest Mintah
Let’s put them walking boots on
We’ve all been there and we’ve all been tempted to take the Campus shuttles or drive to places that we could easily walk to without much stress. Melanie Ludwig, owner of Prestige Fitness, suggests walking a lap around the buildings that you have classes in before class starts. For a 68-kilo typical student for example, walking for 40 minutes at a pace of three miles per hour burns 200 calories. Calculate how many calories you burn from walking from Vanier to the village, now aggregate that over a year!
Get them chores done!
For most of us, those 8 or 9 am classes are a real rush for us mortals. We can easily fall into the convenient bliss of having a messy room. The early morning rush to class means that your bed is left unmade and your clothes are scattered around your room. The absence of the mum factor leads us to, at times, live in our mess without anyone to tell us to clean up. But if you desperately need to take care of the mess in your room, burning calories is a great incentive to get those chores out of the way!
Have no fear, you now have an incentive to do your chores: Burn calories and staying active. Light housework like doing laundry, burns 170 calories an hour and you get the added benefit of having your clothes all clean and smelling great. You might just find that long lost shirt you thought got lost at that party! J
Put on your dancing shoes
Everyone needs a good dance session now and then. What better time to have one than while you’re doing dreaded chores?
“Need to clean you room? Put on some music and get a swifter duster and voila!” Ludwig says. “You will be dancing while cleaning and not even notice that you are really exercising.”
You’ll be able to burn calories, have fun and cross off your to-do list in a breeze. Just 40 minutes of dancing can burn 200 calories – smooth moves not required!
So crank up some fast-paced songs like “Wake Me Up” by Avicii and “Alive” by Krewella and channel your inner Beyoncé!
** Inspired by: “12 Easy Ways to Burn 200 Calories (Without Exercising!)” found at http://www.hercampus.com/health/fitness/12-easy-ways-burn-200-calories-without-exercising
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