Light exercise includes activities that do not cause you to break a sweat or produce shortness of breath. An example would be a leisurely walk or casual bike ride. Moderate exercise is exercise which causes you to break out in a light to moderate sweat or makes it difficult to carry on a long conversation. Good examples would be a
brisk walk, hiking on a nature trail, performing chores around the house. Heavy exercise causes you to sweat profusely and makes it difficult to carry on a conversation of any length. Some examples would be running around a track, heavy manual labor, or heavy weightlifting.
Light
- Slow walking
- Cooking food
- Washing dishes
- Putting away groceries
- Child care
- Croquet
- Mild stretching
- Billiards
- Brisk walking
- Weight lifting
- Tai chi
- Golf
- Cleaning house
- Gardening
- Playing softball
- Walking upstairs
- Jogging/running
- Bicycling (faster than 12 mph)
- Swimming
- Cross-country skiing
- Singles tennis
- Jumping rope
- Playing basketball
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