Walking considered strength training?
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christinev297 wrote: »I wonder if you wore a heavy weight vest while walking, if that would make a difference? ?
Researchers say those things don't make any difference at all. I've seen them in the store and they look gimmicky to me.
Aahhh ok thanks.
They sell the weight vests, leg weights you strap on your ankles and these backpack thingos, at my local sports store. All designed to wear while walking /jogging.
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christinev297 wrote: »
omg that made me lol xD i thought you meant it akes you all day as in you spend all day on walking
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Haha I thought It would have come across like that. Sometimes it does feel like all I do all damn day is walking, walking and more walking. But I love seeing the calories go UP in my diary, so it's all worth it.
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I hope you don't mind but i nosied through your diary. Is your goal set to maintain or lose?0 -
christinev297 wrote: »
omg that made me lol xD i thought you meant it akes you all day as in you spend all day on walking[/quote]
Haha I thought It would have come across like that. Sometimes it does feel like all I do all damn day is walking, walking and more walking. But I love seeing the calories go UP in my diary, so it's all worth it.
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@christinev297 how many extra calories do you get for all them steps?!
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christinev297 wrote: »
omg that made me lol xD i thought you meant it akes you all day as in you spend all day on walking
Haha I thought It would have come across like that. Sometimes it does feel like all I do all damn day is walking, walking and more walking. But I love seeing the calories go UP in my diary, so it's all worth it.
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@christinev297 how many extra calories do you get for all them steps?!
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For 26,000 steps it pushes my tdee up to 2981 for TOTAL burn.
I get an extra 1,109 calories in my diary.
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lemurcat12 wrote: »christinev297 wrote: »
How fat do you think most serious runners are? Like overweight or obese?
In your experience.
The argument here was that poster said "all walkers and endurance runners are lean."
I'd agree that MANY are. But not all. Walking and running don't make you lean and there are plenty of people who are overweight and achieve great runs while still overeating and carrying extra weight.
No, I said that serious runners are usually very lean. That poster has disagreed because in his experience, serious runners are usually not very lean.
I have no intention of arguing with either answer. I'm just interested about his experience with these non-lean, but serious runners.
We all have different experiences.
Like you, my experience has been that when a person is a serious runner, they'll almost always have a very lean body.
Um....I'm a she.
No, I disgreed because serious runners are not always lean, they can be of normal weight and overweight, and I've seen some I would consider obese. I don't think weight has anything to do with seriousness/committment to running. I'd say when you're committed to running you are serious about it.
You are projecting your own stuff and making a sweepoing generalization obout certain runners.
Now, let me ask you- why do you believe that only serious runner are lean (or only lean runners are serious)?
Previous poster said "usually".
How does that turn into "believe that only"?
Well, for goodness sake, serious runners are not even "usually lean".
Size has nothing to do with whether a runner is serious, and seriousness has nothing to do with a lean runner.
Maybe we should change the word "serious" for "professional" ...
She clarified what she meant, and it wasn't professional.
I would agree that professional runners (and elite runners) are very lean.
Still doesn't make walking strength training, though. ;-)
I agree with all this, especially the bold statement.
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bcalvanese wrote: »bcalvanese wrote: »
How fat do you think most serious runners are? Like overweight or obese?
In your experience.
The argument here was that poster said "all walkers and endurance runners are lean."
I'd agree that MANY are. But not all. Walking and running don't make you lean and there are plenty of people who are overweight and achieve great runs while still overeating and carrying extra weight.
No, I said that serious runners are usually very lean. That poster has disagreed because in his experience, serious runners are usually not very lean.
I have no intention of arguing with either answer. I'm just interested about his experience with these non-lean, but serious runners.
We all have different experiences.
Like you, my experience has been that when a person is a serious runner, they'll almost always have a very lean body.
Um....I'm a she.
No, I disgreed because serious runners are not always lean, they can be of normal weight and overweight, and I've seen some I would consider obese. I don't think weight has anything to do with seriousness/committment to running. I'd say when you're committed to running you are serious about it.
You are projecting your own stuff and making a sweepoing generalization obout certain runners.
Now, let me ask you- why do you believe that only serious runner are lean (or only lean runners are serious)?
If a person is over weight or obese, they sure ain't no serious runner, unless your perception of a serious runner is someone who runs occasionally and eats too much.
Righhttttttt.....
Sillustrated thing said yet.
Ya know, I see a lot of your posts telling people their wrong about this and their wrong about that. Its like the starting line in many of your posts.
Well guess what?
You're the one who is wrong.
So, you really believe overweight or obese runners are not serious runners? Seriously? You really know overweight and obese runners' level of committment to running? From your statement, I take this to mean you are referring to ALL overweight or obese runners?
It's just judgmental people who have no idea what they are talking about...being judgmental.
I'm glad that poster got whatever he needed in telling you that you are wrong. You're not, but I am sure it made him feel better.
We both know as people who run often....who are on the trails and what have you....who stand at the starting lines of races...that you aren't wrong.
Yep, I see people of all sizes running on treadmills at the gyms, out on the trails, and I see them often enough to see that they are committed runners.0 -
bcalvanese wrote: »bcalvanese wrote: »bcalvanese wrote: »
How fat do you think most serious runners are? Like overweight or obese?
In your experience.
The argument here was that poster said "all walkers and endurance runners are lean."
I'd agree that MANY are. But not all. Walking and running don't make you lean and there are plenty of people who are overweight and achieve great runs while still overeating and carrying extra weight.
No, I said that serious runners are usually very lean. That poster has disagreed because in his experience, serious runners are usually not very lean.
I have no intention of arguing with either answer. I'm just interested about his experience with these non-lean, but serious runners.
We all have different experiences.
Like you, my experience has been that when a person is a serious runner, they'll almost always have a very lean body.
Um....I'm a she.
No, I disgreed because serious runners are not always lean, they can be of normal weight and overweight, and I've seen some I would consider obese. I don't think weight has anything to do with seriousness/committment to running. I'd say when you're committed to running you are serious about it.
You are projecting your own stuff and making a sweepoing generalization obout certain runners.
Now, let me ask you- why do you believe that only serious runner are lean (or only lean runners are serious)?
If a person is over weight or obese, they sure ain't no serious runner, unless your perception of a serious runner is someone who runs occasionally and eats too much.
Righhttttttt.....
Sillustrated thing said yet.
Ya know, I see a lot of your posts telling people their wrong about this and their wrong about that. Its like the starting line in many of your posts.
Well guess what?
You're the one who is wrong.
So, you really believe overweight or obese runners are not serious runners? Seriously? You really know overweight and obese runners' level of committment to running? From your statement, I take this to mean you are referring to ALL overweight or obese runners?
Now you are just reversing it so you can again appear to be right.
You said serious runners can be overweight and/or obese. Now you are trying to make it look like you said overweight or obese people who run are not serious about running to lose weight.
What I am saying is it would be very highly unlikely for a serious runner (someone who runs pretty much for a living) to be overweight, let alone obese.
I would consider a serious runner to be someone who runs for hours every single day and has been doing it for years. In running you have to be very careful about impact injuries even being at a healthy weight. I could not imagine an overweight person NOT having some degree of impact injuries from running, and in an obese person the potential for serious impact injuries is extremely likely.
I would highly recommend overweight and obese people to walk until they get to a healthy weight before they start running.
But hey... from the vibes I get from some of the people in this forum, I guess I'm probably wrong about that too.
Look. I'm not trying to be right, I did not try to make it look like said anything other than what I said, but I am trying to make a point. You nor or I get to pass judgment on who is or is not a serious runner.
Serious runners come in many sizes, whether it be thin, overweight, obese, or somewhere in between. When you're serious about running, you have a commitment to running.
Someone who runs for a living is a professional runner, which is different.
For example, I am a serious runner, and was so even when I was overweight, because I have a strong level of commitment to running. However, I am not a professional runner because I don't do it for a living.0 -
Okay wow I didn't ask for this to be a debate. I just wanted answers. I asked if running is considered strength training...nothing about running tbh..that majorly spiraled out of control fast.0
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reading all the replies. Thank you everyone for taking the time to answer this for me. 0
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Kkenseth..yes....actually I was. But its not lifted as strength so..I came on here looking for answers from all of you. And ty Greatguy as well. 0
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Nope, it's cardio.0
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Definitely strength training. Don't listen to these chumps.
Hey, who're you calling a chump?
While walking is an excellent exercise, and it does often help us with endurance and building stamina, but it is not strength training in the sense that it builds muscle.
Strength training is lifting weights, and usually heavy ones at that.
Thank you
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Well no. Because strength would be progressive resistance. Unless one is ADDING weight resistance to their body, then it's not going to be strength training. If one is losing weight while walking, they aren't getting stronger, they are just getting more muscle conditioning from repetition.BasicGreatGuy wrote: »Just no. No to the muscle as well.
For the purposes of MFP logging, walking would be better placed in the cardio category, if that is the point of the OP's question.
Muscles and strength are built up by walking, in addition to working the cardiovascular system. If the question asked is generally speaking, it is both.
So walking on relatively flat surface areas really is more about cardio and muscular endurance training and not strength. Now walking uphill or at steeper angles for a good distance would be different since there's an increase in resistance.
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I'm walking uphill either way I go really...we have hilly areas around here since we live at the foot of a mountain. If I start walking to the left then I go downhill and uphill..and same but the bigger hill I would tackle coming back which would then be uphill.0 -
bcalvanese wrote: »
How fat do you think most serious runners are? Like overweight or obese?
In your experience.
The argument here was that poster said "all walkers and endurance runners are lean."
I'd agree that MANY are. But not all. Walking and running don't make you lean and there are plenty of people who are overweight and achieve great runs while still overeating and carrying extra weight.
No, I said that serious runners are usually very lean. That poster has disagreed because in his experience, serious runners are usually not very lean.
I have no intention of arguing with either answer. I'm just interested about his experience with these non-lean, but serious runners.
We all have different experiences.
Like you, my experience has been that when a person is a serious runner, they'll almost always have a very lean body.
Um....I'm a she.
No, I disgreed because serious runners are not always lean, they can be of normal weight and overweight, and I've seen some I would consider obese. I don't think weight has anything to do with seriousness/committment to running. I'd say when you're committed to running you are serious about it.
You are projecting your own stuff and making a sweepoing generalization obout certain runners.
Now, let me ask you- why do you believe that only serious runner are lean (or only lean runners are serious)?
If a person is over weight or obese, they sure ain't no serious runner, unless your perception of a serious runner is someone who runs occasionally and eats too much.
Well that is rude. You sound like the life of every party. I would invite you, but I'm giving you the wrong address.0 -
Yeah the running debate..on a post about walking...ah well.0
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lisakelsch7 wrote: »Yeah the running debate..on a post about walking...ah well.
Sorry if I took any part in the hijacking or your thread. I did answer you post earlier on.
Walking is good endurance, and if you go at a fast pace it's cardio too.0
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