The 5: Be a green superhero
Categories: Womens Health, Diet & Weight Loss, Fitness, Alternative & Green Health, Men's Health
Have an hour to spare each day? Looking to drop a few pounds? And help the environment? If you said yes to all three of these questions, you're the calorie-burning, eco-friendly person that a recent Men's Health article was obviously written for. Slim down and tone up your muscles while doing your part to save the world; here are five ways to make yourself a green superhero.
1. Running (1 hr at a 9-min.-mile pace)
- 902 calories burned on a treadmill
- 943 calories burned running outdoors with hill sections
- Energy Saved: Running for 30 minutes on a treadmill a day uses about 2,000 watts a year and costs around $50
- Go the Extra Mile: Add stairs to your run. You'll burn an extra 308 calories in just 15 minutes
- 287 calories burned using an electric trimmer
- 369 calories burned using a hand trimmer
- Energy Saved: Besides the electricity used to run the power trimmer, you can go a step further to help the environment by using watering cans instead of a sprinkler -- which loses most of its water to runoff or evaporation. You'll also burn an extra 123 calories in the process.
- 164 calories burned while driving to work
- 656 calories burned while cycling to work
- Carbon Saved: The average round-trip commute (totaling 1 hour) releases 21.3 pounds of carbon-dioxide into the atmosphere
- Go the Extra Mile: Take the stairs instead of the elevator at work. As little as 10 minutes of slow climbing burns 112 calories
- 205 calories burned using a riding mower
- 492 calories burned using a push mower
- Carbon Saved: 148 pounds of carbon-dioxide annually -- enough to offset your home's natural gas use for five days
- Go the Extra Mile: Rake your lawn by hand to burn an additional 353 calories an hour
- 123 calories burned playing Madden NFL '08
- 656 calories burned playing an actual game of touch football
- Energy Saved: An Xbox 360 uses about 200 kilowatt-hours a year, or $33 of your power bill
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