To most of us, who are unable to afford a maid, cleaning the house is just an unpleasant chore that must be carried out once or twice a week for sanitary reasons.
However, recent evidence suggests that the physical benefits of the act of cleaning far outweigh the hygienic benefits. According to a recent study, conducted by a team of researchers at Indiana University-Purdue University, individuals who clean their homes on a regular basis and live in surroundings the researchers termed “tidy” are more likely to be fit and physically healthy than their peers who live in dirty or cluttered homes.
During the course of their study, the researchers assessed the physical activity levels of 998 African American individuals, between the ages of 49 to 65. In addition to this, the researchers also took into account the interior and exterior of the participants’ homes and immediate vicinity, including cleanliness, furnishings, noise, air quality and the conditions of the buildings. According to NiCole Keith, an associate professor of physical education at Indiana University, “At the end of the day, the interior condition of their house seemed to be the only thing affecting their physical activity. It was not at all what we expected.”
The findings of this study, which was presented to the American College of Sport Medicine in Baltimore, left Keith wondering, “Are the types of people who take care of their bodies the same types of people who take care of their homes?” Keith is referring to other research which has shown that individuals who are able to stick to exercise programs for an extended period of time are motivated by personality traits such as: the ability to self-regulate, and the ability to set future goals and stick to those goals regardless of their current circumstances or emotional state.
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