Sunday, May 31, 2009

Crunched for time

Try the following quick ways to burn calories everyday.

Chop wood for 4 minutes 22 seconds.
Ride a stationary bike at 20 mph for 4 minutes 52 seconds.
Shovel snow for 12 minutes.
Walk uphill for 13 minutes.
Push-mow the lawn for 15 minutes.
Rake leaves for 20 minutes.
Give her a full-body massage for 19.5 minutes.
Walk the dog for 23 minutes.
Slow dance for 36 minutes.
Do 97 pushups.
Shoot 207 foul shots.

It takes 250,000 crunches to burn a pound of fat according to researchers at the University of Virginia. Chances are you cant wait that long. However by doing things manually you can burn some calories in the process and look at the bright side of things.

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