Ditch your gym membership for a new domestic routine

Molly Maid, the domestic cleaning company, has devised a workout that combines exercise with housework – allowing you to ditch your gym membership with a clean conscience.

The Molly Maid Workout, designed in partnership with a physical fitness expert, combines domestic chores such as dusting and vacuuming with simple yet vigorous exercises such as stretches, lunges, squats and bends to help increase fitness levels. This workout claims to enable women to burn up to an extra 150* calories an hour, making it ideal for busy women who find it difficult to find the time to do housework and exercise.

Below gives you an idea of the number of calories different cleaning exercises can burn:

20 minutes dusting = 50 calories

30 minutes cleaning the bathroom = 75 calories
Figures show average calories burnt per exercise based on a 10 stone woman.

Fran Silver, a Register of Exercise Professionals (REPS) personal trainer at FS Fitness, has the following top tips for taking part in the Molly Maid workout:

Always ensure you start by warming up and get the blood pumping – put on your favourite music, and dance while you dust.

Use vacuuming to ensure you are also working larger muscle groups – quads, glutes and hamstrings.

Finish off by focusing on the smaller muscles groups – shoulders, biceps, triceps (work surfaces).

To cool down, walk round your house for five minutes admiring your handiwork. Stay away from the sweet treats as a reward though.

For more information visit www.mollymaid.co.uk

* Calories burnt based on continuous exercise. Calories burnt also depends on the weight of a person and how vigorously they clean. Sourced from Fran Silver, who is a Register of Exercise Professionals (REPS) personal trainer at FS Fitness