Cleaning Your House: The Newest Health Secret

Cleaning your house: side effects may include a healthier heart, reduced colds and flu, and even weight loss.
You don't need it to be spring to give your house a good cleaning. And guess what? Doing so has more benefits than just a tidy closet.

In fact, cleaning your house can be extremely healthy for you.

Not only can it help with allergies and ward off colds and flu, but it can be good for your heart.

Physical exertion from scrubbing floors, vacuuming, and even folding laundry can burn calories, reduce stress and get your heart pumping.

And, cleaning out your pantry may not burn as many calories in the act itself; but it gives you a chance to start anew with healthy, fresh foods.

Join special guest, Richard Cotton, MS, as he shares creative tips to getting healthy... simply by cleaning your house.

Additional Info

  • Segment Number: 4
  • Audio File: train_your_body/1344tb2d.mp3
  • Featured Speaker: Richard Cotton, MS
  • Guest Bio: Richard Cotton new resizedAs the national director of certification programs, Cotton oversees ACSM's strategic development of certification programs and projects and will further ACSM's reputation as the Gold Standard in certification. Since 1975, ACSM has certified more than 25,000 health and fitness professionals. Cotton served as a regional certification director for the College since 1984.

    Cotton has worked in the health and fitness industry for 30 years and holds ACSM Preventive and Rehabilitative Program Director and ACSM Exercise Specialist certifications

    Cotton is also a personal wellness coach, assessing individual health and fitness needs and helping his clients to develop goals and objectives for achieving optimum fitness. Prior to joining ACSM, Cotton served as chief exercise physiologist for MyExercisePlan.com, a website dedicated to improving fitness for individuals and corporations. For the American Council on Exercise, he was chief exercise physiologist and vice president for publications.

    Cotton holds a master's degree in physical education/exercise physiology from San Diego State University. He is a frequent expert source for the media, having contributed to many publications, including the New York Times, Wall Street Journal and Washington Post.
  • Length (mins): 10
  • Waiver Received: No
  • Host: Melanie Cole, MS