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If I mow the grass with a push behind mower for 45 minutes exercise do I also count it as 45 minutes

DSS2916
DSS2916 Posts: 3 Member
in Fitness and Exercise
I contacted Customer Support but they did not have an answer

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  • Lietchi
    Lietchi Posts: 6,987 Member
    There is a cardio exercise 'moxing lawn, general'. If you mowed for 45 min, why wouldn't you log 45 minutes?
  • DSS2916
    DSS2916 Posts: 3 Member
    I did log the mowing time, but do/can I also log the time as walking? Or would that be double dipping?
  • Retroguy2000
    Retroguy2000 Posts: 1,965 Member
    That would obviously be double dipping.
  • Lietchi
    Lietchi Posts: 6,987 Member
    No, you only log it as mowing. Counting it as walking as well would indeed be 'double dipping'.
  • DSS2916
    DSS2916 Posts: 3 Member
    Thanks :)
  • loulee997
    loulee997 Posts: 273 Member
    edited November 2023
    Lietchi wrote: »
    There is a cardio exercise 'moxing lawn, general'. If you mowed for 45 min, why wouldn't you log 45 minutes?

    A true push mower--one without a motor? Or a push mower with an engine but no assist? They would be calculated differently.

    Are you on relatively flat ground or up and down hills?

    :)

    I used to do a manual push mower (no motor)--I sweated so much.
    The one in Fitness Pal--I think is the push mower with the motor. The manual will burn a few more calories.

    Just FYI.

    Not too many people do the manual no motor one anymore.

  • Lietchi
    Lietchi Posts: 6,987 Member
    loulee997 wrote: »
    Lietchi wrote: »
    There is a cardio exercise 'moxing lawn, general'. If you mowed for 45 min, why wouldn't you log 45 minutes?

    A true push mower--one without a motor? Or a push mower with an engine but no assist? They would be calculated differently.

    Are you on relatively flat ground or up and down hills?

    :)

    I used to do a manual push mower (no motor)--I sweated so much.
    The one in Fitness Pal--I think is the push mower with the motor. The manual will burn a few more calories.

    Just FYI.

    Not too many people do the manual no motor one anymore.

    The last mower without a motor I remember seeing was my grandmother's and she had a lawn the size of a postage stamp (and that mower was a real antique, decades old when I last saw it, more than 10 years ago). Do they still sell those? 😆
  • AnnPT77
    AnnPT77 Posts: 35,298 Member
    Lietchi wrote: »
    loulee997 wrote: »
    Lietchi wrote: »
    There is a cardio exercise 'moxing lawn, general'. If you mowed for 45 min, why wouldn't you log 45 minutes?

    A true push mower--one without a motor? Or a push mower with an engine but no assist? They would be calculated differently.

    Are you on relatively flat ground or up and down hills?

    :)

    I used to do a manual push mower (no motor)--I sweated so much.
    The one in Fitness Pal--I think is the push mower with the motor. The manual will burn a few more calories.

    Just FYI.

    Not too many people do the manual no motor one anymore.

    The last mower without a motor I remember seeing was my grandmother's and she had a lawn the size of a postage stamp (and that mower was a real antique, decades old when I last saw it, more than 10 years ago). Do they still sell those? 😆

    They do. Here in the US anyway, they're quite readily available for purchase.
  • loulee997
    loulee997 Posts: 273 Member
    Lietchi wrote: »
    loulee997 wrote: »
    Lietchi wrote: »
    There is a cardio exercise 'moxing lawn, general'. If you mowed for 45 min, why wouldn't you log 45 minutes?

    A true push mower--one without a motor? Or a push mower with an engine but no assist? They would be calculated differently.

    Are you on relatively flat ground or up and down hills?

    :)

    I used to do a manual push mower (no motor)--I sweated so much.
    The one in Fitness Pal--I think is the push mower with the motor. The manual will burn a few more calories.

    Just FYI.

    Not too many people do the manual no motor one anymore.

    The last mower without a motor I remember seeing was my grandmother's and she had a lawn the size of a postage stamp (and that mower was a real antique, decades old when I last saw it, more than 10 years ago). Do they still sell those? 😆

    Yes. I broke my power mower. So I spent an entire summer doing my entire front and back lawn with the push (no motor) mower. It was exhausting. Hand blisters. I did have great muscled arms though...lol.

    It's a lot. I don't recommend it.

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