Fitbit Test Reveals the MOST Relaxing Hobby You Should Take Up This Year

As Brits get back into the office and life begins to return to ‘normal’, maintaining a work-life balance can be stressful. As a result, diys.com examined the hobbies that most reduce our stress levels by surveying 2,379 people. The data was collected over several weeks and diys.com can now reveal which soothing tasks are the most relaxing.

First Place: Knitting

In first place is the hobby typically associated with nans, but with thanks to TikTok knitting has made quite an impression on the younger generation.

Sitting at an average of 65 beats per minute, knitting is the most relaxing hobby you should take up this year. This hobby can decrease your average heart rate (80 beats per minute) by 18.75%.

With a whopping 93% saying it’s their favourite, you wouldn’t want to be the odd one out – so grab yourself a pair of those knitting needles!

Second Place: Fishing

Coming in second, is a Father’s Day favourite, fishing. With the sport maintaining an average heart rate of 72 beats per minute and a decreasing heart rate average of 10% – it’s no wonder why many are opting to grab the bait and throw a line.

Joint Third Place: Blogging

Following closely behind is our keyboard enthusiasts, bloggers. Tapping away at your keyboard can decrease your resting heart rate to 7.5% on average.

As a hobby, blogging sits at an average of 74 beats per minute and acquired 72% of the votes placing it in sixth position on the most popular hobby list.

Joint Third Place: Calligraphy

In joint third place is calligraphy! The satisfying to watch hobby maintains an average of 74 beats per minute. Like blogging, this can also decrease your resting heart rate by 7.5%. Yet, only 16% of people chose this as their favourite hobby.

Fifth Place: Painting

Following closely behind fellow artsy hobbies is painting, with an average of 77 beats per minute. This therapeutic hobby can decrease your resting heart rate by 3.75% on average. However, only 39% of people voted this as their chosen hobby.

Last Place: Biking

Coming in last is the ‘pedal to the metal’ hobby, biking. It’s no wonder cycling was awarded last place, it has hearts racing at a whopping average of 175 beats per minute – over three times higher than the most relaxing hobby, knitting. On average, riding a bike can increase your resting heart rate by 118.75%!

Also, biking only collected 29% of votes from the British public, ranking in 15th place on the top 20 most popular hobbies.

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