Not looking forward to household chores this spring cleaning season? Consider it an opportunity to revisit some of your New Year’s resolutions and get active. This year, 68 percent of resolutions were about staying fit and healthy or losing weight. If you’re one of these people, spring cleaning might be the perfect way to stay on track with your health while getting your home in tip top shape.
Mopping Floors: 238 Calories for 1 Hour
Save your knees, but still get your upper body workout in by scrubbing your floors with a handle mop. Your shoulders and biceps might be sore, but your sparkling clean kitchen tile will thank you. Or, for a different way to keep floors clean, try Rejuvenate Antibacterial Floor Cleaner; spray directly on hard surface floors and wipe clean for a weekly refresh.
Vacuuming Carpet: 238 Calories for 1 Hour
Zipping around the house with a vacuum and lugging it up and down sets of stairs can really get your heart rate pumping. For your weekly vacuum routine, waltz around hard-surface floors with the Swiffer WetJet Power Mop Starter Kit and vacuum with an option like the Shark Rotator Professional Lift-Away Vacuum Cleaner. If you’re looking for a deeper clean, rent a Rug Doctor from our Tool Rental Center to really freshen up your floors.
Washing Windows: 204 Calories for 1 Hour
Cleaning windowpanes is no easy task. There are a lot of them and they typically take up quite a bit of vertical space, making windows harder to scrub than floors. The Unger Speed Clean Indoor Window Cleaner is designed to clean more easily than traditional paper towel and glass cleaner. You can use it with any solution and the washable microfiber pad instantly attracts dirt. Looking to really work up a sweat? After you wash windows inside, go outside and pressure wash the shutters and siding around your windows with a Ryobi Electric Pressure Washer.
Dusting: 170 Calories for 1 Hour
Get a quick workout in with lots of light movement by clearing away dust from surfaces high and low. The Unger Versatile Duster Kit is a click and dust multi-purpose tool that’s ideal household dusting needs. The two interchangeable attachments make dusting from any angle possible.
Ready to get started? See how you can clean up this spring for less.
