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Head Out to the Garden and Burn Some Calories!

Posted by Admin on April 10th, 2010 filed in Uncategorized

preparing-organic-soil-lgTime to head out to the yard and whip it into shape. Want to hear the good news? You can whip your body into shape at the same time with the calories you can burn as you work out in the garden. For every half hour of work outside, here is a rough accounting of the energy and calories you can expend:

  • Mowing: 180 calories
  • Power trimming: 140 calories
  • Manual trimming 180 calories
  • Weeding: 180 calories
  • Raking: 160 calories
  • Bagging leaves: 160 calories
  • Planting seedlings: 180 calories
  • Planting trees: 180 calories
  • Digging and spading: 200 calories
  • Chopping wood: 200 calories

Ready to hit the turf, get busy and whip both your yard and body into shape? I am!

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