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Does this still burn calories?

cheyennetheeventer
cheyennetheeventer Posts: 29 Member
edited December 2024 in Fitness and Exercise
I've been riding horses for 12 years now. Does it still burn calories for me?

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  • cheyennetheeventer
    cheyennetheeventer Posts: 29 Member
    A little help please guys? :) I was wondering if it is possibly to overdo a cardio exercise to the point where it is no longer as efficient in burning calories.
  • BaileyBoo13524
    BaileyBoo13524 Posts: 593 Member
    I personally wouldn't log it as extra exercise
  • cheshirechic
    cheshirechic Posts: 489 Member
    I'm no expert, by any means, but any time you're using your body, you'll burn calories. I'm sure if you're riding and doing all of those fancy jumps (I clearly know nothing about riding horses, haha), you're probably using your core to stabilize yourself. Do you still get sore the next day? That would be a good indication that it helps you burn calories. You could also use a heart rate monitor to see what you're burning.

    If you love it, keep doing it. Just be cognizant of eating enough if you're burning a LOT. I hope this helps! <3
  • vfnmoody
    vfnmoody Posts: 271 Member
    of course it still burns the same amount of calories as when you started doing it. However if you have included it in your everyday activity level when you set up MFP than you might not want to take credit for it also in the cardio section.
  • susannamarie
    susannamarie Posts: 2,148 Member
    Huh, of course it does, you're never really going to get efficient enough that it burns 0 extra calories.

    Looking at your diary you're not logging monstrous numbers of calories from it. I'd go ahead and log it, and if, after a month, your weight loss is significantly slower than predicted, start logging only half of it.
  • cheyennetheeventer
    cheyennetheeventer Posts: 29 Member
    I don't get sore the next day but I think I'll just log half of it from now on and keep an eye to see :) I didn't add it to my everyday activity level. Thanks for the help guys!
  • omma_to_3
    omma_to_3 Posts: 3,265 Member
    If you're doing a lot of flat work posting it burns oodles lol. But yes you're still burning calories though I'm not sure it would be cardio. I showed for about 15 years and for experienced riders it feels more length strength training to me. Your thigh and core muscles are contracted most of the time.
  • meshashesha2012
    meshashesha2012 Posts: 8,329 Member
    i'd go more by heart rate. if your heart rate doesnt raise t a certain level then i wouldnt consider it exercise.

    and yes you can get conditioned to exercise and thats a good thing because that means you're getting fit. for instance i used to have to take breaks when i walked up the steps to my 4th floor apartment because i couldnt breathe. now i can run up and my raise my heart rate rate. of course i'm not burning as many calories now to walk the steps as i did at first
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