Does walking count as exercise!

Walking is absolutely exercise.

Well Someday's I run for about an hour and sometimes I go for long walks generally a couple of hours! But does walking count as exercise or not? Cause generally the days I'm walking I don't run!

Why wouldn't it count as exercise, unless someone's carrying you? Even a 2 mph walk expends energy, especially if it's 2 hours long.

Yes, it does. I don't count walking around town usually unless it's long or excessively difficult, but I definitely count walks that would count longer than 30 minutes! Two hours, awesome. Calorie burn depends on speed (and MFP isn't always accurate) but there are smartphone apps that can track speed/pace/distance.

If it's normal walking in your daily routine.. Like around the grocery store, I wouldn't count it.
If you're going out with the intention of burning some calories, totally count it! It adds up.

I walked for 75 minutes lastnight and burned about 530 calories so I'd say, yes!

I walk and run and count both as exercise but only when I specifically go for a walk/run. Shopping or walking round my normal day doesn't count

walking counts. Take a look at the cardio count for walking, even 2.0 mph, under the Exercise tab.

Absolutely walking works. I do two hours every other day. :happy:

Ofcourse! If it burns calories, it's exercise. 2 hours of walking is definitely exercise.

Thank you everyone! I was jus wondering I usually always walk for about 2-3 hours around a whole shopping centre, parks etc. so I'm glad it defo is exercise as those days I dnt exercise when I get home. Thank you xx

it depends. it's activity, but fails to meet the definition of exercise imo. (unless we're talking power walking, then it could) Anything that uses the fatty acid energy system to do work is not exercise. so slow walks are little different than shifting around on the couch in regards to how the body deals with it.

Once you stop using the fatty acid energy system and start incorporating the cadio energy system or more, then congrats, you're now officially doing exercise.

Yep! And calorie burn can depends on a lot of things. I know I'm not burning as many calories when I'm walking on the flat path near my work than I do when I'm walking up and down hills and pushing a baby stroller when I'm out walking with my sister in her neighborhood.

sandy_gee burned 857 calories doing 80 minutes of Walking Kayden with HRM

Yes. It most definitely counts.

Thats a higher burn than marathon runners and tour de france riders burn going full out..

your actual calorie burn in that time is closer to 150 calories. Maybe 200ish if you were power walking.

I don't know where you getting your information from but an 80 min casual or about 2 mph walk would burn around 400 calories whereas a 4 mph walk would be about 700ish. I also weigh over 200 lbs so I know that I get extra burn for that.

metabolic chamber data.

you're also forgetting the 2-3cal/min from BMR.

So your 80min of 400 calories is actually 160 prob once you subtract your BMR data. which is about 2cal/min as I said.

edit: actually that would still be high. 2cal would be more for the 4mph walking. Regardless, 400cal burned from exercise from a 80min 2mph walk is way too high. Simply not possible.

I would count it as exercise if it is intentionally done as such. I do not count walking around the grocery store while shopping, but I count walking around the block with the dog.

If it's normal walking in your daily routine.. Like around the grocery store, I wouldn't count it.
If you're going out with the intention of burning some calories, totally count it! It adds up.

Another one? Really?


Ok here goes.


I walk all day every day. It counts. I workout for 80 mins at least, then walk the 7km round trip to the supermarket to grab the daily shopping. I carry it all home on my back. It counts as exercise, even though I do it daily....ALL of it is more than doing nothing. Even if it is daily.

I walk 17km to the further supermarket for a light globe, it counts. I walked 23km to get some mascara, took me 5 hours. It counts.

Walking counts, all walking does. Otherwise things like Fitbit, pedometers in general & other things like that would be redundant & useless.


ALL walking counts.

Walking five times a week has helped my to lose over ten pounds in the past month. Heck ya it counts.