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What do you think of kneading bread as an exercise?

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So today I made some bread for my boyfriend (no bread for me this month!) and I kneaded it for 15 minutes. It feels like work- I'm squishing around this dough, I'm punching it, I'm putting all my weight into folding it- and it occurred to me that, as long as I don't eat the dough and I give the bread to someone else, then making bread can be a fun workout once a week or however long it takes for my boyfriend to eat the 2 loaves of bread without me. Also, we are poor and making bread is 4x cheaper than buying a loaf and making it from scratch makes it taste like that expensive artesian stuff. I also make pizza dough for us from scratch, and it's a similar light (for me) workout.

Anyone else find that food prep can be a workout?

Am I just crazy? I'm in charge of the cooking for my boyfriend and I, so I spend a lot of time cooking stuff. It kinda occurred to me that it can sometimes double as a workout...
 
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I've noticed that kneading bread tones my lower arms because I don't have a lot of... anything? there, so a little muscle development seems to -pop-! I do like to dance around the kitchen when I cook and meal prep for my other half.

I don't know that it's exactly a workout, more like just being a bit more active. So I'd say I wouldn't log it anywhere, but it's a good thing in general to be moving about rather than sitting down.
 
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freed said:
I've noticed that kneading bread tones my lower arms because I don't have a lot of... anything? there, so a little muscle development seems to -pop-! I do like to dance around the kitchen when I cook and meal prep for my other half.

I don't know that it's exactly a workout, more like just being a bit more active. So I'd say I wouldn't log it anywhere, but it's a good thing in general to be moving about rather than sitting down.
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That makes sense! Kneading bread is definitely not on par with my strength training, but it's really fun, and I think it's especially good for when you're stressed because I generally wind up putting all of my weight and effort into folding the bread early on and then punching it a lot later into the kneading.
 
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