General areobics and low impact - DIFFERENCE??

lisamac62
lisamac62 Posts: 305 Member
in Fitness and Exercise
Every morning I work out to Leslie Sansone walk away the pounds DVDs. I have several different ones, the one I'm using right now is Leslie sansone walk at home 3 mile weight loss walk a power walk at home. The 1st mile is 15 min using weights the last 5 min (I use 1 pound hand weights - getting ready to go to 2 pound hand weights), the 2nd mile is 12 min power walk no weights and the 3rd mile is 15 min mile using the weights the whole 15 min then a 3 min cool down and stretching. I have no idea if it is low impact or general. I don't want to cheat myself, if it is general I am burning 297 calories and if it is low impact it is less than that.
Any feed back is welcome
Thanks

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  • bkyoun
    bkyoun Posts: 371 Member
    My guess would be low impact but the amount of calories will depend on your current weight and intensity. If you are happy with an estimate, I would use low impact. If you want a more accurate picture of your calories, you would be better off getting a heart rate monitor with a chest strap. If you get one like the Polar FT4 or similar, you can input your height/weight, etc and it will calculate your calories burned based on your heart rate.

    Great job for putting in the DVD every morning and moving.

    Keep it up!

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