logging aerobics - warm-up, cool-down, stretch?

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laurae
laurae Posts: 115 Member
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I often do step aerobics for cardio and have been factoring out the time for warm-up, cool-down, and stretch. Is that how it should be done? I figured I'm not burning as many calories during those parts.

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  • laurae
    laurae Posts: 115 Member
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    I often do step aerobics for cardio and have been factoring out the time for warm-up, cool-down, and stretch. Is that how it should be done? I figured I'm not burning as many calories during those parts.
  • Mireille
    Mireille Posts: 5,134 Member
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    That's exactly how I do it. I start my heart rate monitor as soon as I start warming up and turn it off as soon as I am ready to hit stop.
    Have a good day! :flowerforyou:
  • Families_R_Forever
    Families_R_Forever Posts: 630
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    I often take about 10 to 15 minutes off my total workout to account for the cooldown time, even though I know that it is also burning cals. I would rather have less cals entered than too many. HH:flowerforyou:
  • AlbertSchwartz
    AlbertSchwartz Posts: 810
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    I go tot he gym most evenings, but i do include my 10 minutes of streching, just to make up the hour lol, i guessed it to be 10 cals too.

    Cheers
    Al
  • yoginimary
    yoginimary Posts: 6,783 Member
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    You can always count it under stretching (burns 3 calories a minute for me). I time the warm ups and cool downs. At my gym, they are very short.
  • AlbertSchwartz
    AlbertSchwartz Posts: 810
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    Maybe i should up my streching cals to 30?...
  • yoginimary
    yoginimary Posts: 6,783 Member
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    Maybe i should up my streching cals to 30?...

    Just enter it in exercise under stretching/yoga for the number of minutes. Not everyone counts stretching, but I like to keep track of how often I do it.

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