exercise and warm ups

fakeuntilumakeit
fakeuntilumakeit Posts: 77
in Fitness and Exercise
Do you count the warm up/cool down as part of your exercise minutes or just the actual workout? I've been adding them in as even the warm up is movement in my book, or am I cheating?

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  • ChrisLindsay9
    ChrisLindsay9 Posts: 837 Member
    If your warm ups and cool downs are 4-5 minutes, then feel free to count them. If they are longer, then disregard the warm up minutes and go with the actual workout and cool down.
  • JenMc14
    JenMc14 Posts: 2,389 Member
    I typically don't count my 5 minute warm-up walk before a run or the cool down portion after, but consider it a "bonus". If there's a warm-up in a video, I might count it, but I might log it as something less strenuous. I have logged cool-down portions are yoga or Pilates in the past.
  • fakeuntilumakeit
    fakeuntilumakeit Posts: 77
    Ok thanks guys, I think I'll count the warm up as only 5 mins on dvds like Gillian Michaels, as I'm loosing weight quicker than thought, so so far so good, but I disregard the cool down, I'm craving food like crazy feel snappy and shaky quite a lot of the day so don't know whether i'm underestimating my activity level (full time mum) or just not used to reduced calorie intake 1200 before exercise. I count school walks (even slow ones) and house work (vigerous hovering/ scrubbing etc) in my exercise don't know whether I'm cheating but the weight still dropping and hungry hungry hungry allllllllllll the time! Any suggestions?

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