Do you count mowing?

fruitlessbanana
fruitlessbanana Posts: 24
in Fitness and Exercise
I just was thinking, do you count mowing as exercise? It sure feels like it...
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  • whirlybirdknits
    whirlybirdknits Posts: 23 Member
    Hell yes. Unless you're sitting on a riding mower and eat cake at the same time. Then, no.
  • jkal1979
    jkal1979 Posts: 1,896 Member
    I use a Fitbit so it counts it for me. I have a big yard and I usually average over 10,000 steps while mowing.
  • SmallMimi
    SmallMimi Posts: 541 Member
    I count it, I wore my pedometer one time and found out due to the size of my yard I walk 5 miles while pushing a mower. Not part of my normal daily routine and I sure do work up a good sweat especially pushing the mower uphill.
  • links_slayer
    links_slayer Posts: 1,151 Member
    My wife does....so yes?
  • JenniTheVeggie
    JenniTheVeggie Posts: 2,474 Member
    I do! My hard is hilly and on the larger size. Plus my mower is not self-propelled!
  • roeann53
    roeann53 Posts: 124 Member
    Yep... I just mowed about a quarter of my yard and it was a workout... I was drenched, time to rehydrate.
  • bbbgamer
    bbbgamer Posts: 582 Member
    If you can count this you can count anything....


    XXXXXXXXXX burned 60 calories doing 6 minutes of smoking (cigarette) 1 min = 1 cigarette

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    bbbgamer ummm????

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  • MrsBozz1
    MrsBozz1 Posts: 248 Member
    Pusher not rider, ABSOLUTELY!! It is exercise! (my husband doesn't let me mow any more, he wants to burn the calories :happy: )
  • donyellemoniquex3
    donyellemoniquex3 Posts: 2,384 Member
    If you can count this you can count anything....

    XXXXXXXXXX burned 60 calories doing 6 minutes of smoking (cigarette) 1 min = 1 cigarette

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    bbbgamer ummm????

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    -FACEPALM-
  • ldnmaggie
    ldnmaggie Posts: 222 Member
    If you can count this you can count anything....


    XXXXXXXXXX burned 60 calories doing 6 minutes of smoking (cigarette) 1 min = 1 cigarette

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    bbbgamer ummm????

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    seriously?! hahahah :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
  • bbbgamer
    bbbgamer Posts: 582 Member
    If you can count this you can count anything....


    XXXXXXXXXX burned 60 calories doing 6 minutes of smoking (cigarette) 1 min = 1 cigarette

    3 minutes ago · Comment


    bbbgamer ummm????

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    seriously?! hahahah :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

    I am thinking about using that to log sex... but six minutes is a long time...
  • scottaworley
    scottaworley Posts: 871 Member
    If you can count this you can count anything....


    XXXXXXXXXX burned 60 calories doing 6 minutes of smoking (cigarette) 1 min = 1 cigarette

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    bbbgamer ummm????

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    burn is burn!
  • jkal1979
    jkal1979 Posts: 1,896 Member
    If you can count this you can count anything....


    XXXXXXXXXX burned 60 calories doing 6 minutes of smoking (cigarette) 1 min = 1 cigarette

    3 minutes ago · Comment


    bbbgamer ummm????

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    I never thought I would see something top food prep and fishing on a river bank on the list of the craziest things I've ever seen logged.
  • zedgt87
    zedgt87 Posts: 379 Member
    depends on what your mowing
  • DougGilson
    DougGilson Posts: 1
    yes it does for sure
  • bluefox9er
    bluefox9er Posts: 2,917 Member
    I can't with a good conscience consider it as a 'workout', even though you re moving etc...
  • majica8
    majica8 Posts: 210 Member
    If it feels like a workout, sure. If you get your heart rate up and break a sweat then log it. You certainly burned more calories than you would have just sitting around doing nothing. I'd probably under-estimate though.
  • xvxCelticWandererxvx
    xvxCelticWandererxvx Posts: 2,890 Member
    Heck yes, I do! My lawn takes an hour and a half minimum to edge, mow and empty the bag.
  • JeSuisPrest
    JeSuisPrest Posts: 2,005 Member
    Yes...MFP's calorie goals are set very low. You should be logging all additonal movement.....gardening, housecleaning, etc.
  • ncmedic201
    ncmedic201 Posts: 540 Member
    I can't with a good conscience consider it as a 'workout', even though you re moving etc...

    I lost almost 2 lbs this week push mowing almost an acre. My yard definitely gives me a workout.
  • SpeSHul_SnoflEHk
    SpeSHul_SnoflEHk Posts: 6,256 Member
    I wore my HRM once when mowing, and burned 1100+ cals. This was 1/2 acre with hills and the grass was knee high, but I wasn't going to let that get away.
  • Tuala42
    Tuala42 Posts: 274 Member
    I have a hilly yard and a mower thats not self propelled so its a good 45 minute workout. I have my activity level set to active because I'm on my feet nonstop for 4 hours a day at work. If I mow on top of being at work on my feet for 4 hours (and usually the gym in the morning before that), then I'll log mowing the lawn. If I haven't been at work, I don't log the mowing--I figure that even things out for not being as active at work. I was rounding down the calories burned when I used mfp's database, now I finally have a hrm.
  • JenniTheVeggie
    JenniTheVeggie Posts: 2,474 Member
    I do! My hard is hilly and on the larger size. Plus my mower is not self-propelled!

    YARD..not hard....where is my mind at tonight?
  • MyaPapaya75
    MyaPapaya75 Posts: 3,143 Member
    I count it but don't use it towards it towards eating back calories
  • barefoot_shuffler
    barefoot_shuffler Posts: 61
    Heck yes!!! It takes me 2-3 hours to use a push mower and we have a hilly back yard...I burn between 900-1200 calories! (And I feel it!) :)
  • fruitlessbanana
    fruitlessbanana Posts: 24
    Hell yes. Unless you're sitting on a riding mower and eat cake at the same time. Then, no.

    I don't know why, but I found this really funny. I decided to count it even though I feel it looks weird when it says for my exercise " mowing lawn, general" ha, but thanks for answering everyone!
  • pushyourself14
    pushyourself14 Posts: 275 Member
    Yes.
  • grimendale
    grimendale Posts: 2,153 Member
    It's included in my "lightly active" setting, so I don't count it as extra exercise.
  • Nimrod2010
    Nimrod2010 Posts: 33 Member
    If you don't think using a push mower is exercise, come to my house and mow my neighbor's and my own house (which I do weekly) and tell me after over 2 hours if you didn't get a workout and burn any calories!
  • Lisa__Michelle
    Lisa__Michelle Posts: 845 Member
    Yes, it is giving you a workout and you don't do it everyday!

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