The forms of exercise and exercise are different from housework. Compared with muscles, exercise is positive and comprehensive; Housework is monotonous, repetitive and sometimes boring. They will also produce very different results. The influence of exercise on the body is positive; But labor is different, it has a positive side to the body, but it is also easy to produce overwork. Exercise can make the body produce peptide effect, make people feel happy and involved, and have a positive attitude, thus forming a virtuous circle of exercise promoting health. Housework is a kind of physical labor, but it is a compulsory, passive, partial and impossible physical exercise. Simple housework and exercise cannot replace each other.
Light and comfortable housework is good for health, but if you feel physically and mentally exhausted when doing housework, it is not good for your health and should be avoided.
Wrong working posture will do harm to health. For example, when sweeping the floor, most people bend over or sweep the floor with one hand. In fact, these are all wrong postures, which will cause backache after a long time. In order to do housework such as reading books, holding soup bowls, holding kettles and publishing books repeatedly, people usually hold them with one hand and four fingers and thumb, which is very harmful to the health of fingers and wrists for a long time.
According to the lever principle, bending over will increase the burden on the lumbar and back muscles, which will cause discomfort in a short time and long-term injury in a long time. The correct sweeping posture is to use a broom or mop with a long handle as much as possible, adjust it to a height suitable for your height, try not to bend over to sweep the floor, and hold the long handle of the broom or mop well. In addition, in daily life, if you want to do thumb movement, you must use both hands.
Simple housework can't be compared with exercise and fitness, but with a little thinking, housework can become exercise. If you can combine housework with exercise, you can kill two birds with one stone. For example, in the spare time of doing housework in the kitchen, you can complete exercises including tiptoeing, bending, squatting, stretching your waist, stretching your head and stretching your arms.
It is also important to be cheerful when doing housework. Doing housework in a bad mood is labor, while doing housework in a good mood can achieve sports effect. Listening to light music while doing housework, or chatting with family and friends while doing housework, can play a role in regulating emotions and is conducive to physical and mental health.