It's widely regarded as an annoying habit. Books on manners and etiquette have even widely discouraged it. You may even have actively put your hands on someone to get them to stop doing it. Yet, this activity is done by hundreds of millions of people, myself included, each day, and is scientifically proven to be one of the best ways to reliably burn off calories. So what is this thing which elicits equal parts annoyance and derision?
Fidgeting. Whether you're constantly squirming in your seat or bouncing your leg up and down, continual fidgeting or "spontaneous physical activity" has been proven to burn up to 2,300 extra calories per day, though in most cases, the number is much more modest.
The most continual fidgeters burn under 1,000 extra calories a day. From another perspective, that's around two double cheeseburgers burned off without doing anything most people would even consider as exercise. The principle of the thing is that every little bit of physical activity counts towards weight loss, all things being equal, including diet and genetics. Even driving a manual vehicle for one hour burns around 100 calories as opposed to driving an automatic. This is around 39,000 calories a year!
Even if you don't have time to join a fitness boot camp or to do regular exercise, doing all sorts of small activities, provided you do them regularly enough, can be a great help.
Fidgeting. Whether you're constantly squirming in your seat or bouncing your leg up and down, continual fidgeting or "spontaneous physical activity" has been proven to burn up to 2,300 extra calories per day, though in most cases, the number is much more modest.
The most continual fidgeters burn under 1,000 extra calories a day. From another perspective, that's around two double cheeseburgers burned off without doing anything most people would even consider as exercise. The principle of the thing is that every little bit of physical activity counts towards weight loss, all things being equal, including diet and genetics. Even driving a manual vehicle for one hour burns around 100 calories as opposed to driving an automatic. This is around 39,000 calories a year!
Even if you don't have time to join a fitness boot camp or to do regular exercise, doing all sorts of small activities, provided you do them regularly enough, can be a great help.
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