Lifestyle News Desk: Women have often been heard saying that they do household chores, so why do they need exercise. But fitness experts and doctors always recommend including exercise in the routine. If you also feel that after doing household chores, you do enough physical work, then definitely listen to this advice of the doctor. In which she is telling why exercise is necessary despite doing household chores.
Why is exercise important even after doing household chores?
Lack of intensity in household chores
-There is lack of intensity in household chores. You do all the work with complete comfort. Due to which neither heart rate increases nor calories are burnt rapidly.
-Also, household chores have no effect on cardiovascular health.
-Brooming and mopping also involves very limited physical work. You sweep and mop only with the help of hands. Due to which the leg and waist muscles cannot be targeted.
-By doing the same household chores every day, the body becomes habituated to it and it does not affect your fitness level. Whereas exercising helps in increasing the fitness level and also helps in increasing the strength of the body.
-Household chores do not produce any kind of happy hormones. Therefore household work does not help in reducing stress.
-Housework does not make much difference to mental health and your focus does not improve. But when you exercise, it improves focus and mental health also improves.