Let It Snow!

According to the weather reports we are going to have a lot of snow to deal with the next couple of days, but that doesn’t mean you can’t get your sweat on. Here are some ideas to burn some calories:

According to Harvard Medical School there are all kinds of activities to burn some energy. Some of these activities we do anyway, so in 30 minutes a 155 pound person can burn:

• 223 calories: shoveling snow
• 223 calories: chopping and splitting wood by hand
• 167 calories: Operating a snow blower walking
• 298 calories: snow shoeing
• 260 calories: sledding, luge or toboggan
• 260 calories: ice skating
• 130 calories: child care, bathing, feeding etc
• 149 calories: playing with kids, moderate effort
• 186 calories: cleaning rain gutters

Check out other ways you can increase your everyday workout if you are snowed in or just around the house:  http://www.health.harvard.edu/newsweek/Calories-burned-in-30-minutes-of-leisure-and-routine-activities.htm