Counting driving as exercise?

veggieshark
veggieshark Posts: 153 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
I know that driving does burn some calories, at least moreso than sitting. I'm not talking about your daily drive from home to the store/work, but if you are going on a trip and are driving for several hours, would you factor those burned calories into your exercise? Driving 2.5 hours is said to burn around 400 cals.
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  • sfbaumgarten
    sfbaumgarten Posts: 912 Member
    I wouldn't.
  • Flab2Fab27
    Flab2Fab27 Posts: 461 Member
    Seriously?
  • Veil5577
    Veil5577 Posts: 868 Member
    I really wouldn't either. Driving doesn't get my heart rate up unless I'm yelling at other drivers, and that's stress, not exercise. :tongue:
  • sculli123
    sculli123 Posts: 1,221 Member
    lol no way
  • halfpintpeggy
    halfpintpeggy Posts: 64 Member
    No, I wouldn't count driving as exercise. Have a safe trip!
  • agrafina
    agrafina Posts: 128 Member
    No. Just no. Its like saying that I should count reading as cardio because occasionally I turn a page.
  • rodduz
    rodduz Posts: 251 Member
    I know that driving does burn some calories, at least moreso than sitting. I'm not talking about your daily drive from home to the store/work, but if you are going on a trip and are driving for several hours, would you factor those burned calories into your exercise? Driving 2.5 hours is said to burn around 400 cals.

    2.5hrs does not burn 400 cals!
  • BrianSharpe
    BrianSharpe Posts: 9,248 Member
    Judging by the girth of many long distance truckers I'd suggest it's not burning too many calories (and I'm sure one of those big rigs is a lot more to handle than a car.....)
  • halfpintpeggy
    halfpintpeggy Posts: 64 Member
    I really wouldn't either. Driving doesn't get my heart rate up unless I'm yelling at other drivers, and that's stress, not exercise. :tongue:


    Hahahahahahaha.....do I smell road rage?
  • veggieshark
    veggieshark Posts: 153 Member
    Thanks ^^;;
  • Railr0aderTony
    Railr0aderTony Posts: 6,803 Member
    This explains all them really fit and buff looking truck drivers? Seriously think this out.
  • chivalryder
    chivalryder Posts: 4,391 Member
    If you were riding a sport bike around some twisty roads, then yes, it is exercise. if you're sitting on your *kitten*, unless you're doing 100+mph around a race track, then no, it is not exercise.
  • RoseTears143
    RoseTears143 Posts: 1,121 Member
    I drive at least 2+ hours a day....never count it as exercise. That's like counting cleaning your kitchen and bathroom as exercise. Nope.
  • lizziebeth1028
    lizziebeth1028 Posts: 3,602 Member
    I know that driving does burn some calories, at least moreso than sitting. I'm not talking about your daily drive from home to the store/work, but if you are going on a trip and are driving for several hours, would you factor those burned calories into your exercise? Driving 2.5 hours is said to burn around 400 cals.

    So does sleeping and pooping and I wouldn't count that as a calorie burn. Your body burns calories 24/7. If you start to include everything as exercise calories you will be grossly overestimating. I would never log driving as exercise!
  • 1PatientBear
    1PatientBear Posts: 2,089 Member
    Wow. Just wow.
  • ninerbuff
    ninerbuff Posts: 49,029 Member
    If you're an Indy car driver, okay.

    Hitting a straight road with a little lane changing now and then.................................that's like sitting on the couch and changing the channels.

    A.C.E. Certified Personal and Group Fitness Trainer
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    Been in fitness for 30 years and have studied kinesiology and nutrition
  • erickirb
    erickirb Posts: 12,294 Member
    I know that driving does burn some calories, at least moreso than sitting. I'm not talking about your daily drive from home to the store/work, but if you are going on a trip and are driving for several hours, would you factor those burned calories into your exercise? Driving 2.5 hours is said to burn around 400 cals.

    I don't think it would be that much, but had you not been driving you would have burned most of those doing nothing, or even more if you were moving, and are already accounted for in your activity level, so no, don't count driving
  • Amitysk
    Amitysk Posts: 705 Member
    Lol wut?
  • Blacklance36
    Blacklance36 Posts: 755 Member
    Wow. Just wow.

    Agreed, this was a great laugh to start my day.
  • MFPMol
    MFPMol Posts: 151 Member
    I know that driving does burn some calories, at least moreso than sitting. I'm not talking about your daily drive from home to the store/work, but if you are going on a trip and are driving for several hours, would you factor those burned calories into your exercise? Driving 2.5 hours is said to burn around 400 cals.

    Stop. Just Stop.
  • ironanimal
    ironanimal Posts: 5,922 Member
    I once burned 2600 calories on a 12 hour round trip, according to MFP.

    No, I did not compensate for those calories.
  • Bobbiezilla
    Bobbiezilla Posts: 157 Member
    Nope. Everything we do in a day really burns calories to some degree....but I would only log exercise . Going for a long walk, hike, bike, swim, run body weight exercises, yoga, videos etc. Once in a while I might log gardening if it's out of the ordinary intense sweaty business... Shovelling and hauling dirt to make a new bed, or racing to beat my time with the push mower ;-)
    I don't think that 400 cal burn is accurate for sitting in a car for 2 hours, I only burn a third of that in a half hour jog, if I would have burned 400 sitting I don't think I would have been overweight in the first place :) lol
  • MFPMol
    MFPMol Posts: 151 Member
    I know that driving does burn some calories, at least moreso than sitting. I'm not talking about your daily drive from home to the store/work, but if you are going on a trip and are driving for several hours, would you factor those burned calories into your exercise? Driving 2.5 hours is said to burn around 400 cals.

    Are you going to count typing this post as exercise?
  • nilbogger
    nilbogger Posts: 870 Member
    Would you count sitting in a chair and occasionally moving your feet and arms?
  • Veil5577
    Veil5577 Posts: 868 Member
    I really wouldn't either. Driving doesn't get my heart rate up unless I'm yelling at other drivers, and that's stress, not exercise. :tongue:


    Hahahahahahaha.....do I smell road rage?

    Wellllllllllll maybe a little. I don't have much patience.
  • ValeriePlz
    ValeriePlz Posts: 517 Member
    No, and I do not count knitting either!
  • veggieshark
    veggieshark Posts: 153 Member
    I didn't find my question laughable. We're all fed mixed information when researching weight-loss and I was actually shown a website with a list of arbitrary tasks and how many calories they burned. I also thought it seemed silly to count the exercise, thus my inquiry.
  • TheVirgoddess
    TheVirgoddess Posts: 4,535 Member
    I know that driving does burn some calories, at least moreso than sitting. I'm not talking about your daily drive from home to the store/work, but if you are going on a trip and are driving for several hours, would you factor those burned calories into your exercise? Driving 2.5 hours is said to burn around 400 cals.

    I would not.
  • mamaleftwich
    mamaleftwich Posts: 256 Member
    Not....
  • cheripugh1
    cheripugh1 Posts: 357 Member
    Right and chocolate cake has zero calories! Absolutely would NOT count it!

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