Shopping as a workout

December 2, 2011

With the holidays approaching and most of us in a shopping frenzy, here are some tips from the LA Times about how to turn your shopping excursion into a workout. It says how a 150-lb person can burn up to 500 calories in three hours (kinda low considering I typically burn around that much in an hour’s run, but better than crashing on the couch watching the Griswolds and burning much less, I suppose).

(although the personal trainer interviewed refers to it as a hike, I don’t think he’s ever been to a designer sample sale — I personally approach it as a high-intensity, competitive sport, don’t you?).

(And this little sweater above, the Llama Love Sweater from Madewell? I’d definitely be sprinting and fighting off other shoppers for it, if it were in stock, that is).

Filed under: Fitness Swellness,Healthy Swellness,Swellbeing

Tags: Black Friday, calorie burn, Christmas, exercise, holidays, overeating, physical activity, sales, sample sale, shopping, sprint, sweat