Calories burned per hour: 476 Setting fence is a grueling job—just ask anyone who's ever wielded a posthole digger or used a breaker bar to pry out rocks. The relentless rhythm of this project gives your arms, back, and shoulders a thorough workout. And if you're mixing cement to stabilize the fence, you'll burn 556 calories per hour doing that project alone.
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