PRODUCT NEWS FEATURE
How many calories does DIY burn?
By ALAN JENKINS, Managing Director of Quadrant2Design
LEADING tool firm Draper Tools has lifted the lid on the consumer health benefits and the calories burnt during a range of home improvement jobs.
A national campaign is underway to promote the health and wellbeing benefits of DIY and gardening and Draper Tools is calling on retailers to get involved too by sharing some of the fascinating findings.
Feeling the burn According to the Draper Tools study, UK homeowners burn more than an astonishnig 80,000 calories a year – just by gardening and doing DIY.
During a typical year, house proud Brits will spend 165 hours in total pottering around the garden and fixing up their dwellings.
In that time, they will burn 6,384 kcals while weeding, 3,466 kcals when pruning and 3,852 kcals while watering the garden. Mowing the lawn might be considered more of a therapeutic task than a full workout, but adults manage to shed 4,199 calories a year doing just that. In the home itself, they’ll also burn 2,161 kcals when removing wallpaper, 4,145 kcals while painting walls and 433 kcals by hammering nails over the course of a year.
The amount burnt during a typical year is the equivalent of burning 349 Mars bars or 312 Big Macs – that’s a lot of food.”
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Spreading the word Commissioned to support the growing range of DIY & gardening essentials from Draper Tools, the study of 2,000 homeowners found many people were unaware of the potential health benefits of home improvements. 39 per cent of adults don’t tend to think of gardening as a way of exercising - and 57 per cent feel the same about DIY.
However, with all the jobs in and around being done in Britain’s homes recently, half of those surveyed said it did feel like they've been working out more than normal.
Kev Smith, Head of Marketing at Draper Tools said: “It just goes to show DIY and gardening are not only beneficial for the home, but also for overall health and wellbeing too. The amount burnt during a typical year is the equivalent of burning 349 Mars bars or 312 Big Macs – that’s a lot of food.”
“In addition to being good for you physically, the research also found that DIY and gardening also helps many of those polled to relax and unwind too. It’s been fascinating learning just how far the benefits of home improvements really go.”
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