There’s a new trend for environmentally-conscious fitness addicts who love to multi-task. You might think that’s a narrow overlap, but enough people are partaking in this new hobby to give it a name: plogging. According to Buzzfeed, plogging is how Swedish people are getting in shape and cleaning up their parks these days.
The word plogging is a combination of “pluck” and “jogging,” which is pretty much a perfect description of what it is. As you run, you carry a lightweight bag and pick up trash along your path. And then, of course, you put a picture up on social media—the favorite post-activity past time for folks getting in shape everywhere.
But how effective is it as a work out? Metro got a quote from their “resident fitness expert” Miranda Larbi, who said that all that adding bending down and picking stuff up to your exercise routine can be to your extreme benefit.
“Plogging shares some characteristics with interval training, which uses recovery to improve fitness and fat burning,” she said. “It’s also got elements of mobility training – reaching down to pick up rubbish will extend the range of motion that you’re using.”