Household chores, sex and even video games: The indoor activities that burn the most calories in 30 minutes – and the ones that are a waste of time
- Dancing video games are the best way to burn kilojoules while in quarantine
- Other options include repairing parts of your home and playing Wii Fit
- Meditating came in last place burning just 138kJs a session overall
Millions of Australians are currently in lockdown, with many of them having to forfeit their usual training regime in favour of a home workout.
Some indoor activities – like dancing video games – are good at raising your heart rate and burning as many as 1,004kJs in a 30-minute session, while having sex (251kJs), washing your car (280kJs) and playing Wii Fit (322kJs) aren’t as rigorous.
A host of exercises have been ranked based on how effective they are, with men burning slightly more kilojoules overall than women.
Wanting to exercise at home instead of in the park? Opt for a dancing video game over things like washing the car or playing Wii Fit
Some indoor activities – like dancing video games – are surprisingly good at raising your heart rate and burning as many as 1,004kJs in a 30-minute session (stock image)
Dancing is the best thing you can do to keep active while in quarantine.
Cumbia (907kJs), Jazzercise (836kJs), Ballet, Modern, Jazz, (698kJs), and Salsa, Flamenco, Swing (627kJs) are among the best calorie-burning activities at home, according to research commissioned by Live Rugby Tickets.
Felling trees (740kJs) and chopping wood (627kJs) are similarly good for the body.
Light yard work like weeding only burns 418kJs for men and 364kJs for women per 30 minutes.
With nothing else to do at home, people stuck cleaning their house may take some relief know that it can burn 460kJs a session.
With the desire to clean at an all-time high as a result of the coronavirus, homeowners will be pleased to know it burns as many as 460 kilojoules per session (right)
Live Rugby Tickets rounded up the most effective workouts and ranked them, pointing out that for most activities men burned slightly more than women each time (figures in calories)
There isn’t much of a difference in kilojoules between washing your car and having sex per 30 minutes, so you’d be forgiven for choosing one over the other.
The least active option, according to the data, is meditating which only burns 138 kilojoules.
Activities like juggling (560kJs) and repairing things around the house (489kJs) also made the exhaustive list, despite not typically being seen as ‘exercise’.
Australians are currently only allowed outside for daily exercise, to visit the supermarket or chemist, otherwise they are being cautioned to stay at home as much as possible
There isn’t much of a difference in kilojoules between washing your car and having sex per 30 minutes, so you’d be forgiven for choosing one or the other in order of which is a priority at the time (stock image)
Australians are currently only allowed outside for daily exercise, to visit the supermarket or chemist, otherwise they are being cautioned to stay at home as much as possible.
While it’s certainly not the worst lockdown – with some countries in Europe bringing in much tougher conditions – there are still individuals refusing to follow the rules and self-isolate.
There are currently more than 4,700 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Australia and 20 deaths.