Under cardiovascular - pick low impact aerobics. This is actually close to my HRM.

I think I'm in big trouble here. I've been logging it under Walking and then however many miles I did with Leslie that day. Uh-oh.

I used to log all my Leslie walks under "walking" but now that I have my Fitbit so it just comes over as steps (much easier to track imo) :laugh:

Just another thought...what if I do a DVD that has 4 miles in an hour and one that has 5 miles in an hour? Would they still be the same amount of calories? I wouldn't think so. Maybe me putting it under "Walking" isn't so far fetched.

No, it's not far fetched .....you're putting in your walking speed. Boosted walking (the 5 miles in an hour must have some boosts) would technically be high-impact aerobics ......so overall walks with boosts in them are mixed impact aerobics. It's really pretty close.

so should those be listed as general aerobics? or would they still be low impact. For the past week and a half i have been doing the 5 mile boosted walk.

Just another thought...what if I do a DVD that has 4 miles in an hour and one that has 5 miles in an hour? Would they still be the same amount of calories? I wouldn't think so. Maybe me putting it under "Walking" isn't so far fetched.

No, it's not far fetched .....you're putting in your walking speed. Boosted walking (the 5 miles in an hour must have some boosts) would technically be high-impact aerobics ......so overall walks with boosts in them are mixed impact aerobics. It's really pretty close.

so should those be listed as general aerobics? or would they still be low impact. For the past week and a half i have been doing the 5 mile boosted walk.

When I put my numbers in they look like this:

5 Mile Fat Burning Walk ..... miles are listed as 12 & 13 minutes. I forget how many boosts this has because I don't have the DVD anymore..... but a couple minutes each mile maybe?

Anyway

71 calories for 12 minutes of low impact aerobics

92 calories for 12 minutes of general aerobics.... no mixed impact available (my bad)

99 calories for 12 minutes of high impact aerobics

113 calories for 12 minutes of walking at 5 MPH.

I can burn 250 calories for 30 minutes of Leslie (HRM) ..... if I use handweights & really push it. Over 1 or 2 miles this isn't a really big variance, but for 5 miles .....hmmm that could be a problem.

113 calories does seem pretty high.... general aerobics is pretty close though.

Ok thank you!!

For myself I log my walks as cardio exercise. I either use Aerobics, low impact or Walking, 4.0 mph, very brisk pace (both have the same cal count) for most of my miles. Doing it this way averages out the warm up and cool down/ stretches as well as the actual walks.

For some of the DVDs with the several boosted intervals or faster miles I will use 4.5 mph. Those are my estimates and it has worked well for me.

Also, I would expect that actual cals burned would be different for each person depending on the kind of mile on the particular DVD (using weights for instance either as recommended by the DVD or what one decides to add in extra), as well as the person's level of fitness or even current weight or state of health or energy. That is why with out owning a HRM I consider these estimates for myself. I did loose weight using this method. I hope that you find a method that works for you

Again this is what worked for me.

Hope this helps.
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