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Does walking to work count as exercise?

kait_fitzpatrick
kait_fitzpatrick Posts: 8
edited February 14 in Fitness and Exercise
I live in the city and I walk to and from work each day. According to google maps it's a total of 2.4 miles of walking each day. Takes me about 15-20 minutes each way. I'm not sure if I should be logging this. What do you think?

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  • 970Mikaela1
    970Mikaela1 Posts: 2,013 Member
    Depends on your settings. Sedentary yes. Lightly active maybe. Active probably not.
  • BernadetteChurch
    BernadetteChurch Posts: 2,210 Member
    As long as it's a brisk pace without too many stops for traffic lights or window shopping I'd count it. I factor my walks to work into my calorie allowance.
  • ElliottTN
    ElliottTN Posts: 1,614 Member
    Depends on your settings. Sedentary yes. Lightly active maybe. Active probably not.

    2001 CR 250 ?
  • tim201200
    tim201200 Posts: 145 Member
    totally counts
  • Agreed. It depends on the setting you chose when setting up your account. I tend not to log "normal" activity that I'd do anyways, just something explicit (jogging, biking, etc).
  • morpheousneo
    morpheousneo Posts: 62 Member
    Depends on your settings. Sedentary yes. Lightly active maybe. Active probably not.

    Pretty much this really.
  • Timshel_
    Timshel_ Posts: 22,834 Member
    Depends on your settings. Sedentary yes. Lightly active maybe. Active probably not.

    Yeah, I don't like that categorization but that is probably correct. If you kick up your pace and gt you heart rate up a bit more you might count it.
  • Sabine_Stroehm
    Sabine_Stroehm Posts: 19,251 Member
    Absolutely.

    Walking is great.
  • 970Mikaela1
    970Mikaela1 Posts: 2,013 Member
    Depends on your settings. Sedentary yes. Lightly active maybe. Active probably not.

    2001 CR 250 ?

    98 cr 250
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