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IN THE
NEWS
A light-hearted guide to what’s trending in the world of fitness, food and anything we just think is fun…
New Scandinavian fitness trend
combines litter picking with running
There’s always a weird and
wonderful new fitness trend in
town. Some last, some don’t, but
this has to top the list for ideas
with good intent.
Plogging, a name which com-
bines the terms ‘jogging’ and
‘plocka upp’ (the Swedish term for
pick up), encourages us to pick up
litter whilst out running to keep fit
and help the environment.
It may sound loony, but fitness
app Lifesum are allowing their
users to log and track their litter
picking activities.
The idea is that you run along,
then squat or lunge to collect
rubbish. According to Lifesum,
ploggers will burn up to 288
calories in just 30 minutes, which
isn’t bad going for doing your
morning bin duty!
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A spokesman for
Lifesum said:
“The global health
app, Lifesum
(www.lifesum.com)
has recently integrat-
ed plogging within the array of
exercises its users can log.
“Users can simply select plogging
and input the amount of time
spent doing the activity. The app
then instantly calculates the
number of calories burned - for
example, 30 minutes of plogging
burns off 288kcals (depending on
body weight).
“Plogging (the Swedish words for
‘run’ and ‘pick up’) works to tackle
these, encouraging people to
participate in picking up rubbish
while running. The new trend is
good for your body, your mind,