I just mowed the lawn again. Took me 25 minutes non-stop. I am sweating up a storm and huffing and puffing. Does this count as exercise? LOL I hope so because if it doesn't, then real exercise ain't happening tonight.
I consider mowing the lawn, house cleaning, gardening, all with a vigorous effort as cross training...but having said this I would still go for a walk or a bike ride in the evening ...
Personally, I don't count it as exercise, In my mind, it falls under the "life" category. I walk the dogs every night (a pretty brisk walk usually), on average it's between 30-40 minutes and I do not count this as exercise either.
For me, if it's something I've always done anyway, then I don't class it as exercise. It is however what I've heard lots about on here, NEAT, non-exercise activity something or other lol, which I think means putting as much non-exercise activity into your daily routine to help burn extra calories.
honestly, i would count it as exercise because it is not something that you do EVERYDAY. i scrub the HECK out of the showers last week...got the lime scale and soap buildup off...i'm not kidding...all 3 showers took over an hour to do...and it was a constant scrubbing, up and down motion. i was a sweaty mess after and my arms were KILLING me the next day. i don't do that everyday, or really once a week for that matter...i definitely counted it as exercise. man i was EXHAUSTED...maybe i SHOULD do it more often! lol
Hello I consider it as exercise, one because my front yard is a slight hill, and with a mower that is not self-propelled it is hard and two because it takes about 4-5 hours to cut the entire yard. You definitely get your water in while mowing. Great workout once a week.
Best of luck to us all in our weight loss journeys.
If you live in TX like I do and you mowed the lawn, than I would absolutely count it as exercise!
Heck yeah....there are times, back before our push mower died on us, that I'd do half my normal cardio one day a week, strap on my heart rate monitor and push mow the back yard (it was fairly large). I live in Texas also - for SURE a workout!
Does mowing the lawn count?
I consider it as exercise, one because my front yard is a slight hill, and with a mower that is not self-propelled it is hard and two because it takes about 4-5 hours to cut the entire yard. You definitely get your water in while mowing. Great workout once a week.
