Calories Burned Mowing Lawn With Hand Mower

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A Hard Day's Night

Late last summer our old lawnmower played out and since that time, we've been hand mowing our yard due to a very pinched budget. On top of the badness - gasoline prices had to shoot through the roof. Pretty soon, I suppose that many of us will be eating deer food.

But when presented with a negative situation, we must look at it and try to find something positive about it, right? That's right!

So what is so positive about mowing a very sandy yard that contains more stickers than grass?

And let me tell you, by the time I'm finished mowing for the day I have enough sand in my teeth to make a glass - and I am covered with enough stickers so that I am even more terrifying than Hellraiser. And when one such as myself is in their senior years (golden...cough....cough) it's not easy pushing a cheapo mower.

So the positive thing about my situation is that while I'm shoving my guts out, I'm getting in a heavy dose of activity. If only we didn't have triple digits in the summer time until almost pitch black in the evening! If you have ever pushed a mower, you know how much more difficult it is to perform the task when it's hot. And oh mama - it's like Justin Wilson used to say - it's hotter than ten yards of Hades here.

I can burn about 120 kcals per thirty minutes of mowing - and it generally takes a lot more time than that because as I've gotten older, I've sorta turned snail-like.

Mowing Burns How Many Calories?

This activity assists in sweating out the impurities of the body, strengthening the heart and lungs (as long as they don't fill up first with sand, grit and exhaust fumes) as well as strengthening the muscles in the legs.

If you are searching for exercises and activities which burn about the same amount of calories as mowing, they will include: planting flowers, digging in the garden, washing the windows, ballet, walking briskly, raking the leaves, playing baseball, dancing moderately, and almost all forms of martial arts.

If I ever get rich, I think I'll take up ballet.....

Calories Burned Mowing by Push Lawnmower

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Minutes 15 30 45 60 75 90

WEIGHT IN POUNDS

CALORIES BURNED (KCALS EXPENDED)

105

57

114 171 228 285 342

110

59

118 177 236 295 354

115

62

124 186 248 310 372

120

65

130 195 260 325 390

125

68

136 204 272 340 408

130

70

140 210 280 350 420

140

76

152 228 304 380 456

150

81

162 243 324 405 486

160

86

172 258 344 430 516

170

92

184 276 368 460 552

180

97

194 291 388 485 582

190

103

206 309 412 515 618

200

108

216 324 432 540 648

210

113

226 339 452 565 678

220

119

238 357 476 595 714

230

124

248 372 496 620 744

240

130

260 390 520 650 780

250

135

270 405 540 675 810

Index-Activities & Calories Expended

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