Buy Walking VideosShoveling the Walk
I’m just back from shoveling my sidewalk. Salt Lake City was dumped on last night and it has started up again, so I thought I better get the heavy and slushy stuff up before more snow fell.
How many calories does shoveling snow burn? According to Nutristrategy, it’s a pretty productive exerise:
Shoveling snow, by hand
If you weigh 130 lbs: 354 calories an hour
If you weigh 155 lbs: 422 calories an hour
If you weigh 190 lbs: 518 calories an hour
My little chore to keep myself from being buried in by the weather earned me a good 250 calories today.
The question is: should I still do my 3.25 miles on the treadmill today?
I’m obsessive about my mileage on Runner+. I’m determined to break out of Level 2 this week and move on to Level 3. If I don’t do my 3.25 miles today, that won’t happen, so yes, I’m still hitting the treadmill today.
The wind has kicked up and is blowing the snow from my neighbor’s roof onto my clean driveway. I’ve got my work set out for me today. Gotta get to it.
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December 9th, 2007 at 3:21 am
persoanlly i wouldnt run if you have already shoveled snow. seems like youve done your workout
December 9th, 2007 at 10:06 am
There is nothing wrong with having 2 workouts in one day. Shoveling snow is more like weight training (that stuff–especially the wet stuff is heavy!) and walking/running is the cardio part of your workout. Great job for deciding to do your treadmill also! You are such an inspiration to me, Laura!