The beauty of woodworking is that minus the cost of tools and wood, it is relatively inexpensive. You can make lots of things around the home that you need / will use, and you will burn lots of calories during the process of making them without really noticing that you are burning them - because woodworking is itself fun.
All the calorie burns listed below are for an individual who weighs 200 lbs, and a time of 1 hour.
Painting or Wallpapering - 186 calories burned.
General Carpentry - 286 calories burned.
General Painting - 319 calories burned.
Furniture Carpentry - 319 calories burned.
Scraping, Washing, Waxing Boat, Car, Etc - 319 calories burned.
Painting, Outside Home - 364 calories burned.
Construction, Outdoors Remodeling - 416 calories burned.
Building a Fence or Roofing - 455 calories burned.
Paving New Driveway - 455 calories burned.
Sawing Hardwood with a Hand Saw - 592 calories burned.
Pickaxe, Shovel, Etc - 637 calories burned.
Walking while carrying anything just over 100 lbs in weight - 683 calories burned.
And this is just a sample of the many cardio / weight lifting exercises a person can do while doing woodworking.
REMEMBER TO OBSERVE SAFETY PRECAUTIONS AND USE SAFETY EQUIPMENT TO PROTECT YOUR HANDS, EYES AND EARS. ESPECIALLY WHEN OPERATING HEAVY MACHINERY WHICH CAN CAUSE HEARING LOSS.
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