Question about pushing a wheelchair exercise option.

calranthe
calranthe Posts: 4 Member
edited November 17 in Fitness and Exercise
Hello,
A lot of my exercise comes from pushing my disabled wife around in her wheelchair, we can go for walks that range up to 5 miles (wife + wheelchair = 180 pounds) for example we walked from our house via canal and footpaths took our time journey was about 6 miles and took 140 minutes, now the option in exercise for pushing a wheelchair shows burning 2235 calories, can that really be accurate I don't mean perfect but close, yes my muscles are burning by the end and I feel like I have run a race and sweat literally drips out of the cuffs of my coat (I usually take a day off from exercise after one of those).

Does anyone know of a fitness tracker app that tracks pushing a wheelchair ?

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  • scorpio516
    scorpio516 Posts: 955 Member
    Yeah, that's nowhere close...
    I have seen running with a stroller as a choice places. But strollers + infants are lighter, and running burns a lot more calories
  • calranthe
    calranthe Posts: 4 Member
    Thinking about it I am not sure, on that day I lost 3.3 pounds of none water loss weight which has not returned (my usual weight loss atm is 1 pound a day.)
  • TavistockToad
    TavistockToad Posts: 35,719 Member
    calranthe wrote: »
    Thinking about it I am not sure, on that day I lost 3.3 pounds of none water loss weight which has not returned (my usual weight loss atm is 1 pound a day.)

    can i ask how you know you lost 'non water weight'?
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