A normal working day at the office will be packed with activities and you end up burning calories by EOD. However, on a holiday or a weekend, you have a sumptuous meal but no activity, forming more calories in the body. Here are five ways to burn calories on a non-working day.
Walking
Spend the evening to walk long distances. An amazing non-stressful exercise, it helps you shed weight and tone the muscles. Give up the car and try walking unless you are late for an event. Make walking a part of your life and the faster you walk, the better you feel. A 22-minute walk at a moderate pace burns 100 calories.
Swimming
Swimming is a good exercise for cardiovascular fitness and it helps to maintain a healthy weight, boosting muscle strength and endurance. Spend 13 minutes at the pool and you burn 100 calories. Its impact is great and swimming is also ideal for people with joint issues.
Cycling
A low- impact exercise, it augments physical fitness, sheds body weight, and build strength and endurance in the lower body. A 13-minute light cycling or 7-minute vigorous cycling can burn about 100 calories.
Gardening
A therapeutic activity, gardening involves digging and shoveling that burn calorie in the body. Spending time amidst plants boosts positive mental health and also improves health and endurance. About 20 minutes of gardening can burn 100 calories.
Running
Both jogging and sprinting are two easy activities to burn calories on a weekend. Sprinting and steady-state running improves cardiovascular fitness, body composition, and strength. It also increases bone density. About 10 minutes of jogging and 5 minutes of sprinting can burn 100 calories of your body.
Author: Dr. Anil Date, MD | Dr2bThin – A medically supervised weight loss program. In case of any queries please contact/write back to us at doctor@dr2bthin.com.
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