There is now sufficient research that tells us that almost any form of exercise is generally good for us. Studying clusters of people from around the world who live longer, better - you find many of them do not use convenience-tools in or outside of the home. They do things in what might be described as "in the old-fashioned way". Brooming out the garage instead of using one of those ridicuoulsy loud blowers. Hand clipping a hedge instead of an electrical clipper while climbing up and down a ladder and even beating eggs by hand.
Now a Queen's University of Toronto study confirms that bursts of moderate activity as short as one-minute can add up to significant health gains. It's defined as an activity requiring you to burn three to six times as many calories as you burn at rest.
Brooming the garage out by hand has a metabolic equivalent (ME) of 3.3 when compared to ironing's ME of 1.8 and ballroom dancing's ME of 5.5. Every little bit of moderate activity counts and this is good news for many aging-boomers.
For Vivian Poy, the first Canadian Senator of Asian descent, she includes gardening gloves and a shovel in her workout tools. She includes stretching exercises before and after gardening and sit-ups as she watches the television news. Citing her arthritis, she says she can no longer lift heavy things but accepts her limitations and has substituted a range of micro-exercises.
Read more about the Queen's University study: http://tinyurl.com/3c8bvnd
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