Olympic fever is sweeping the UK, inspiring thousands of us to dust off our trainers and get stuck into some exercise.

However, rather than rushing to the nearest gym and signing up for a costly membership, channel your energy into DIY, and let your home as well as your body reap the rewards.

The decathlon is the ultimate physical challenge for our athletes, but a DIY decathlon is in reach of most of us. So, to help you make the most of the Olympic enthusiasm, B&Q, the UK's leading home improvement retailer, has put together a ten-step DIY schedule. It includes the calories you can burn off in a DIY decathlon of your own, allowing you to indulge in a Greek-themed feast, completely guilt-free.

Like the 100-metre sprint, digging the garden will really get your lungs working. This first task will burn a substantial 350 calories per hour - so you can enjoy that 300-gram tub of Greek yoghurt you fancied for breakfast.

If you think you could have a talent for the shot-put, then moving furniture is your next task. Shifting heavy objects will burn 412 calories per hour, leaving you to enjoy 85 grams of taramasalata without putting on an ounce. Remember to bend your knees and keep your back straight to avoid injury.

Strength and precision is needed for the next decathlon task, the discus. This also applies for sawing timber, and you can burn off as many as 520 calories an hour, making way for a 500-gram tub of olives.

The high jump is also about accuracy. If you are good at attention to detail, then why not do a plumbing job, and burn 314 calories per hour, the equivalent of 125 grams of pitta bread.

Stretch yourself for the long jump. You too can burn calories - up to 200 per hour - by putting up a length of shelving, leaving you free to eat 100 grams of stuffed vine leaves.

Emulate the pole vault by putting up some new wallpaper - stretch to this task and you could burn 270 calories per hour, the equivalent of 250 grams of tzatziki.

Get your arms working like our javelin throwers by painting your walls and you can burn 300 calories per hour 90 grams of houmous.

It's back to the track in Greece for the 400 metres, while at home you can move on to sanding the floor. Even with a power sander this can burn off 270 calories per hour, the equivalent of 100 grams of feta cheese.

Like the 1500 metres, plastering your walls can seem like a mammoth job, but will burn a massive 330 calories per hour, cancelling out the 170-gram mousaka you had for dinner.

The 100 metre hurdles requires timing and rhythm, just what you need to compete in the DIY version - laying new tiles in your bathroom or kitchen. This will burn off 270 calories in an hour, meaning you can finish off your Greek banquet with some delicious nut halva at 350 calories per 100 grams.

Just ten hours of DIY can burn off a colossal 3,365 calories, and add value to your property at the same time. Then you can relax afterwards by collapsing in front of the TV to watch all the athletes doing the hard work!