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Not much. Cleaning your house counts as excercise too. It's every bit as healthy as walking and then some because your using your whole body, and squating and moving around.

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i mean, yeah if you're 60+, cleaning your house is good exercise. But let's not pretend that cleaning your house is exercise for anyone under 60.

it really can be. It can be as vigorous as a walk down the street which is tremendously beneficial to your health. I know we've been conditioned to believe that excercise needs to be something specific like running or swimming, or tennis, etc. But, you just need to move your body. even gardening can be beneficial - the benefits of squating down are vastly underestimated.

A walk down the street is not enough to reach any level of physical fitness, although it's certainly good for you and better than nothing.

What you say is true, for someone over 60. For people without accessibility issues, a walk down the street is not vigorous and neither is cleaning your house.

It certainly is better than NOT walking, but pretending like walking down the street or cleaning your house is exercise is disingenuous.

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