Sweeping, Mopping Fitness Training

Sweeping, Mopping Description

Sweeping and mopping are activities that provide increased caloric expenditure, while completing a useful daily task. Muscular endurance is of primary importance for extended periods of sweeping or mopping.

Sweeping, Mopping Risks

• Bursitis/tendinitis of the shoulders or elbows
• Lower back strain from standing hunched over with knees locked

Sweeping, Mopping Equipment required

• Mop or broom

Sweeping, Mopping Applicable substitutions

• General housework (includes dusting, cleaning or doing dishes)
• Gardening
• Fishing
• Walking (relaxed pace)
• Shuffleboard

Mode

Recreational

Fitness Benefits

• Cardiorespiratory 0
• Flexibility 0
• Muscular Strength 0
• Muscular Endurance 1
• Body Fat Recution 0

Fitness Requirements

• Cardiorespiratory 0
• Flexibility 0
• Muscular Strength 0
• Muscular Endurance 1
• Coordination/Skill 0

Muscle groups used

Primary muscles: forearms, triceps, upper back (trapezius, rhomboids and latissimus dorsi) and shouldersAssistance muscles: quadriceps, hamstrings, erector spinae, biceps,obliques and abdominals

Energy expenditure

Approximately 0.026 Calories per minute per pound of body weight