Intervals

MelissaJ6807
MelissaJ6807 Posts: 64
edited October 4 in Fitness and Exercise
How do you track intervals?

I totaled the amount of time walking and tracked that then totaled the amount of time jogging and tracked that...

Any other ideas?

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  • ctroxell2011
    ctroxell2011 Posts: 39
    Right, for my intervals I only count the actual time spent working, not the rests in between.
  • BobbyDaniel
    BobbyDaniel Posts: 1,459 Member
    Do you mean distance, calories or time?
    For distance I do it at our high school track and keep count of my laps, and then I use my HRM to keep track of both time and the calories burned.
  • rwd5046
    rwd5046 Posts: 302
    You really don't have to seperate them, just list as jogging. It evens out.
  • cirellim
    cirellim Posts: 269
    Whenever I run interval training if I'm on a treadmill I won't count the time resting like If I run then step off. However, if I run and then just bring it down to a walk during rests I'll count it all equally basically.
  • arc918
    arc918 Posts: 2,037 Member
    When I do intervals (running) I just input to MFP based on my average pace for the entire run (based on my Garmin). That gets me close enough on calories. For my running log, I input the actual splits.

    I jog in between my repeats, so I think the approach is fine.
  • WillieEverlearn
    WillieEverlearn Posts: 87 Member
    This is where a Heart Rate Monitor comes in handy, I think. I do intervals sometimes, but just track the calories for my whole workout based on my HRM readings.
  • up2me2lose20
    up2me2lose20 Posts: 360 Member
    yup, this is why I love my HRM! :)
  • mndamon
    mndamon Posts: 549 Member
    An HRM definitely makes this easy. It's well worth the investment!
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