Hallo-week: Trade Your Weights for Pumpkins!
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This fruits are heavier than they look!
Are you looking for a way to tone your abs and arms this fall without the use of standard weights? Well, look no further than your local pumpkin patch! Standard pumpkins weigh anywhere from 5-50 pounds so just simply picking out your Halloween pumpkin can work as a toning exercise! Since few people pick the first pumpkin they find, squeeze in a rep by picking up, holding/inspecting, and setting down around 8-12 pumpkins!
Also, just cruising the patch can burn some major calories as well. By walking around a pumpkin patch for an hour, without a pumpkin, you can burn up to 200 calories! Add a 10-20 pound pumpkin to your walk and you burn up to 50 additional calories!
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However, the calorie burning doesn’t have to stop once you’re home. By swapping your weights with a 5-25 pound pumpkin and doing 60 minutes of squats and lunges, you can burn up to 430 calories. Since that’s a brutal workout, a 30 minute workout of a squat-lunge rotation with a 10 pound pumpkin will still get you over a 200 calorie burn. A sample exercise is below. Just replace the dumbbells with 5-25 pound pumpkins! (Depending on how much you normally lift)
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- Grab a pair of pumpkins and hold them at arm’s length next to your sides, your palms facing each other.
- Step forward with your right leg and slowly lower your body until your front knee is bent at least 90 degrees.
- Pause, then, raise up and bring your back foot forward so that you move forward (like you’re walking) a step with every rep. Step forward with the alternate leg and repeat.
Once you are done sweating, grab a knife and get to carving! Just make sure to save the seeds you find inside for big health benefits and a tasty snack!
