I sure think so. Imagine if you spent 30 minutes to 1 hour every day cleaning your house. I don’t just mean a light picking up. What I mean is to scrub that stove top, clean the inside of your oven, sweep, vacuum and mop your floors with purpose.
Dig in deep and clean your bath tub. Not only will you burn some calories, but your house will become spotless. If you don’t want to clean everyday, then how about just cleaning every other day or on days you don’t train.
Going through the typical movements of bending, squatting, pushing a mop, maybe even getting on your hands and knees to scrub out a stain will do you some good. Don’t be surprised if you even gain some flexibility in places you haven’t been using that much.
Go Old School
Have you ever tried using what’s called a cuban mop? It’s basically a big wooden stick shaped like the letter T. It looks very similar to a polo club. Well, I couldn’t find one in my area, and I’m not willing to pay a bunch of shipping for one. I ended up finding a cheap plastic, swiffer like mop. It came with a microfiber pad that I ended up taking off.
Once I removed it, I was surprised to find the indentations similar to what holds on the swiffer sheets. Instead of using the microfiber pad I ended up grabbing a small dish dowel that I had laying around and decided to use it like a cuban mop.
Needless to say, I loved it. I placed the towel in the bucket of water and wrung it out. That motion will help get some grip work done. Then I placed it on the mop handle. I mopped the living room, removed the towel and rinsed off the dirt in the bucket.
Let me tell you, wringing out a small towel is so much better and easier than wringing out a thick mop. You could tell me to use a sponge mop, but I never liked those. Don’t even get me started.
I did have to change out the water in the bucket a few times, as it seemed like the water became dirty pretty quick. But that’s all in a days work. No being lazy here. My goal is to work and use up some energy. Once the towel no longer let out so much dirt in the water, I was done.
I was able to sweep and mop my entire 1 bedroom apartment in less than a half hour and I don’t think my floors have ever been so clean.
Another option to help burn off some calories, is to clean your bathroom with a towel or brush, bucket and get on your hands and knees. Supporting your weight on your knees and one arm while scrubbing the floor, will definitely get you going.
Seems like all these new cleaning gadgets are becoming a waste of time and money and making us lazy. I’ve never gotten my floors as clean as I did with just a towel mop. And I’ve tried the cheap mops, the industrial mops, dust mops, sponge mops, swiffer, and swiffer wet jet.
Oh and did I mention the clean up? The floors dried super quick. By the time I went to change out the water and came back to the same area, the floors were dry. Both the wood floors, tile and the linoleum. To clean the towel, I just dropped some liquid soap into the bucket and aggitated and squeezed the towel.
I then emptied the water and rinsed the towel until the water ran clear. Finally, I just wrung the towel out and hung it up to dry. No damp mop hanging around to dry. So, go ahead and give it a try. You can even start off by cleaning just once a week and then increasing your days from there. After all, if you clean everyday for an hour, you’ll either run out of stuff to clean or you’ll have a spotless house.
What uncommon ways do you use to burn energy?
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