It’s Monday going on Tuesday and you’re not looking forward to your early start. Let us make you smile! In this week’s instalment of Monday Funday it’s all about training – those facial muscles of yours…
The weather is lovely and everywhere you go you see joggers. Well frankly, you can burn calories by laughing, too.
Researchers at Vanderbilt University found adults burn an average of 1.3 calories per minute while laughing with their friends.* That’s a similar workout to taking notes or standing and talking on the phone. Laughter works your body in other ways too, though. It releases emotional stress and a works out for the muscles of the diaphragm, abdomen, back, and shoulders according to Caloricount.
Could this be the most calories you’ve burned watching exercise?
Text: Bella Qvist
*http://caloriecount.about.com/calories-burn-laughing-q3173
