Part of our motivation for this journey has been to embrace a healthier lifestyle. Each farm chore isn’t just a task; it’s a step towards a healthier, more vibrant life. With over 13,000 steps daily and our hearts pumping for an hour or more, who needs a gym when you have a farm? Here’s some daily farm chore fitness facts!
— Moving Hay Bales: Lift and shift for 350-450 calories/hr.
— Hill Trekking to Check Coop or other animals. I mean, we live in East Tennessee! Trek those hills for 400-500 calories/hr.
— Feeding goats, chickens, horses or donkeys Carrying those feed bags, burn 440-500 calories/hr.
— Watering Horses: Refill and tone up with 200-300 calories/hr.
— Mucking Stalls: Engage in deep cleaning for 350-500 calories/hr.
— Animal Grooming: Bond and burn about 200-400 calories/hr
— Digging garden holes 500 Calories/hr
— Shoveling sand, dirt, flipping compost l, etc 500 calories/hr
— Weeding 400 calories/hr
What’s your favorite (or least favorite) farm chore that gets your heart pumping? Every step counts! Who needs a gym?
You might also enjoy Designing a Life You Love: It Starts With One Brave Step and Dizzy Days and Determination: No sick days on the Farm.
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No membership, no machines, and it never skips a day.
Written by
Lane and Jules Morris
Authors and University of Tennessee faculty writing from our farm in East Tennessee about gardening, the farm kitchen, faith and designing a flourishing life at any age. More about us
