is standing excercise?

codykitty
codykitty Posts: 729
edited September 19 in Fitness and Exercise
So I was standing/working all day today at a trade show, does that count as exercise???? about 7 hrs...

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  • codykitty
    codykitty Posts: 729
    So I was standing/working all day today at a trade show, does that count as exercise???? about 7 hrs...
  • MisoSoup79
    MisoSoup79 Posts: 517
    So I was standing/working all day today at a trade show, does that count as exercise???? about 7 hrs...

    I wouldn't count that as "exercise" per se. I'm sure you burned more calories today than your average day, just because standing takes a little more effort... but it would be difficult to measure the actual difference. You might allow yourself some extra calories if standing all day is not a regular thing for you, but it provided no cardiovascular benefit and did not really stress your body out like a workout would. I'm not sure if that helps. :flowerforyou:
  • SHBoss1673
    SHBoss1673 Posts: 7,161 Member
    It's definitely not cardio, you might have gained a little (miniscule) amount of muscle tone depending on if you don't normally stand very long, but unless you are doing more work (in the metabolic sense of the word) then you aren't really burning extra calories. Standing might use muscles that don't normally get used very much, but those aren't big muscles, nor are they doing a lot of extra work (mostly core muscles I believe, for the balance, everything else is skeletal), and core muscles (abs, lower back...etc) aren't big enough to factor a whole lot into calorie burn.
  • MisoSoup79
    MisoSoup79 Posts: 517
    It's definitely not cardio, you might have gained a little (miniscule) amount of muscle tone depending on if you don't normally stand very long, but unless you are doing more work (in the metabolic sense of the word) then you aren't really burning extra calories. Standing might use muscles that don't normally get used very much, but those aren't big muscles, nor are they doing a lot of extra work (mostly core muscles I believe, for the balance, everything else is skeletal), and core muscles (abs, lower back...etc) aren't big enough to factor a whole lot into calorie burn.

    I stand corrected. :flowerforyou:
  • beccie2012
    beccie2012 Posts: 18
    In a way it is an exercise. Of course it depends on what you did while standing. Like bending, reaching and such. That is an exercise.
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