Garden work is a pleasure for some and a burden for others, but outdoor chores such as mowing the lawn burn calories and build fitness. You work out harder with a manual mower but mowing the lawn with any type of machine is physical activity.
The number of calories you burn while mowing the lawn is determined by calculating the amount of time it takes and your weight. Your choice of a manual mower or a power mower also will affect the number of calories you burn.
You can burn calories doing a variety of daily activities. Cleaning the house, painting or gardening are activities around the home that can help you burn more calories than you consume.
Mowing the lawn is a necessary chore, but at least you burn calories when you do it. If you have a push mower instead of a power mower, you gain even more workout benefits.
A natural way to include more activity in your daily routine is to avoid using some modern conveniences--such as a riding lawn mower--that promote a sedentary lifestyle. Mowing the lawn can provide exercise.
The more effort you exert through physical activity, the more calories you burn.
