Table 1.

Activities classified as strenuous.

Aerial dance trapeze

Backpacking

Bailing hay

Basketball

Carrying large pails of water or feed

Carrying loads over 30 lb

Cheerleading

Chopping wood

Cleaning large animal pens/farm work

Climbing > 10 flights of stairs per day

European (team) handball

Field hockey

Football

Hangliding/windsurfing

Health club exercise, general

Heavy carpentry

Heavy garden work (shoveling, turning soil)

Heavy housecleaning

High jumping (track and field)

Jet ski

Jumping on trampoline

Jumping rope

Kickball

Kickboxing

Lacrosse

Lifting > 30 lb from floor

Lifting >30 lb from counter height

Lifting heavy weights (recreational/fitness)

Lifting or carrying children or dependent elder

Martial arts (all varieties)

Motorcycle racing (motor cross)

Moving heavy furniture without assistance

Mowing lawn with push mower

Other racquet sports

Rock climbing

Rugby

Skiing, downhill; snowboarding

Snow shoveling by hand

Soccer

Softball/baseball

Springboard diving

Sprinting

Tennis

Ultimate Frisbee

Volleyball

Wallyball

Water skiing