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little basketball....

waverly9876
waverly9876 Posts: 605 Member
edited September 2024 in Fitness and Exercise
I was nannying today and the kids have that game where you shoot little basketballs in a hoop. U know the games that are at arcades. I played for a while and I was just wondering if that would be burning calories and if played for a longer time, could I log it as excercise? Thanks

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  • nehushtan
    nehushtan Posts: 566 Member
    Hmmm.... that's reaching a bit, don't ya think?

    But to take it a little further.... was your heart rate elevated? Dod you break a sweat? If you were wearing a heart-rate monitor would it have registered that you were "in the zone"?
  • jhardenbergh
    jhardenbergh Posts: 1,035 Member
    shooting baskets is in the cardio database
  • waverly9876
    waverly9876 Posts: 605 Member
    Hmmm.... that's reaching a bit, don't ya think?

    But to take it a little further.... was your heart rate elevated? Dod you break a sweat? If you were wearing a heart-rate monitor would it have registered that you were "in the zone"?
    I do excercise. I was just wondering bc they LOVE playing against me. I wasnt saying that was going to be my only type of excercise. I just thought that people put "CLEANING" as an excercise and "mini-golf", so why not this?
  • Becky1971
    Becky1971 Posts: 979 Member
    I would think maybe if you are throwing over and over, it might get your heart rate up enough. I know I would sweat playing air hockey.
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