Water walking....does anyone know the calories burned in an hour of water walking?

plnewc · October 2015

Due to recent back surgery and a knee that needs replacing, I am only able to walk in a pool for exercise. Does anyone know how many calories are burned walking in water as opposed to walking on land?

middlehaitch · October 2015

I do aqua fit, it is in MFP under water aerobics. I would log under that as you are getting a similar work out.

If you haven't thought of it, and it is within your scope of permitted exercise, get a couple of those foam hand weights and push them up and down in the water as you go. Mini bicep curls and tricep kickbacks.

Cheers, h.

CancerSurvivor2014 · October 2015

I would say put in as regular walking and it should be close. If you worried about overestimating just cut it back to a lower pace than what you actually did.

OutdoorCamoGirl · October 2015

This is an excellent article by Livestrong.com that addresses just that subject

http://www.livestrong.com/article/314547-how-many-calories-does-walking-in-water-burn/

Hope it helps

CancerSurvivor2014 · October 2015

OutdoorCamoGirl wrote: »

This is an excellent article by Livestrong.com that addresses just that subject

http://www.livestrong.com/article/314547-how-many-calories-does-walking-in-water-burn/

Hope it helps

good article. I was actually wrong. My reasoning was even though you encounter more resistance, being "weightless" would burn less.
According to the article you burn more so I would enter a higher pace if you entered it as walking.

DopeItUp · October 2015

I don't think jesus has to worry too much about the amount of calories he burns. That dude is skinny enough as it is.

Water walking....does anyone know the calories burned in an hour of water walking?

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