After 12 years..
cheyennetheeventer
Posts: 29 Member
I started riding 12 years ago, and now it's my job as well as my life. But I was wondering.. is it still considered cardio after that long? What is all of your opinions? Should I no longer log it? I currently log it as horse riding, walking, even if I was jumping or gaming. And I log about half the time instead of the full amount. What do you guys think I should do?
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Interesting point! Whilst it's still 'exercise' in the sense that you are burning calories through some form of activity, if you do it as a job/way-of-life then this activity level will be already be reflected in your calorie 'entitlement' because you would have entered yourself as moderately active or something, I suppose, and you'd have to do something over your normal daily activity to log it as exercise to earn more calories.0
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Well, my thing currently is set at the lowest daily activity level, I never entered in riding horses in that.0
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In that case, I'd say you should log what you do riding-wise :happy: Or adjust your daily activity and don't include it
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Ive been riding all my life and it still tires me out if I do a few hours or an intensive lesson so I recon it uses calories. If you were a professional runner you would still burn calories doing a sprint or a marathon even tho your body is used to it:-)0
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You would still burn calories being a marathon runner, but wouldn't your body become more efficient at the energy expenditure of that activity? That is why it is recommended to change up the exercise program every 3 months, right? I've been riding all my life but I'm not riding 3+ horses/day at upper levels.
My metabolism is one step away from going in reverse so I don't think I burn near as many calories riding as allotted in this app. :ohwell:0
