Cursive writing not exercise?

jemhh
jemhh Posts: 14,261 Member
edited November 2024 in Fitness and Exercise
I wrote a note to my daughter's teacher, all in cursive, tonight. My hand hurts. Surely this is exercise, right? Why can't I find it in the database?

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  • queenliz99
    queenliz99 Posts: 15,317 Member
    Go with 50 calories per hour. lol
  • lamartinjackson
    lamartinjackson Posts: 5 Member
    Lol :D
  • juggernaut1974
    juggernaut1974 Posts: 6,212 Member
    Depends on how many plates you had on the pen
  • jemhh
    jemhh Posts: 14,261 Member
    juggernaut1974 wrote: »
    Depends on how many plates you had on the pen

    I paused while loading the dishwasher to do it so I'll count it as four plates.

  • arditarose
    arditarose Posts: 15,573 Member
    I almost flipped out until I looked at who made the thread lol. Thank you.
  • IILikeToMoveItMoveIt
    IILikeToMoveItMoveIt Posts: 1,172 Member
    Sorry, I couldn't help it...
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  • arditarose
    arditarose Posts: 15,573 Member
    IILikeToMoveItMoveIt wrote: »
    Sorry, I couldn't help it...
    ve11s.jpgvia Imgflip Meme Maker

    lolol
  • IILikeToMoveItMoveIt
    IILikeToMoveItMoveIt Posts: 1,172 Member
    I can get mean writers cramp, I still have that little bump on my middle finger from writing a lot, but alas I really don't think it counts as exercise.
  • jemhh
    jemhh Posts: 14,261 Member
    arditarose wrote: »
    I almost flipped out until I looked at who made the thread lol. Thank you.

    Ha :trollface:

  • DopeItUp
    DopeItUp Posts: 18,771 Member
    I hear it burns even more calories than sex!
  • arditarose
    arditarose Posts: 15,573 Member
    DopeItUp wrote: »
    I hear it burns even more calories than sex!

    How do you know? Were you wearing a HRM?
  • DopeItUp
    DopeItUp Posts: 18,771 Member
    arditarose wrote: »
    DopeItUp wrote: »
    I hear it burns even more calories than sex!

    How do you know? Were you wearing a HRM?

    Yes but it was over so fast it didn't actually register anything, unfortunately.
  • jemhh
    jemhh Posts: 14,261 Member
    DopeItUp wrote: »
    arditarose wrote: »
    DopeItUp wrote: »
    I hear it burns even more calories than sex!

    How do you know? Were you wearing a HRM?

    Yes but it was over so fast it didn't actually register anything, unfortunately.

    Wow you are really fast at cursive.
  • arditarose
    arditarose Posts: 15,573 Member
    :D
  • rdlewis123
    rdlewis123 Posts: 106 Member
    Yes, needed this laugh!!!
  • summerkissed
    summerkissed Posts: 730 Member
    How fast was you writing? Was the pen leaving the page after each word? HIIT I'd log it as :wink:
  • zoeysasha37
    zoeysasha37 Posts: 7,088 Member
    Just go with 784 cals burnt ;)
  • lorrpb
    lorrpb Posts: 11,463 Member
    Were you writing in cursive before you started weight loss or is this a newly added activity?
  • DopeItUp
    DopeItUp Posts: 18,771 Member
    BTW, does anyone have the Couch To Cursive program that they can send me?
  • DavPul
    DavPul Posts: 61,406 Member
    i feel like everyone here is being mean to the OP. just because it's easy for you doesn't mean it's easy for everyone. you people that have always been thin and have ripped abs need to stop condescending on those of us that have to work a little harder. She may not have done much, but something is better than nothing right? We should all be more supportive and stop what we're doing to give the OP a big round of applause for beginning her fitness journey.
  • nutmegoreo
    nutmegoreo Posts: 15,532 Member
    edited December 2015
    Why would you write curse words to your daughter's teacher?

    ETA: I think if you were writing them in anger, there would be a higher burn because your heart rate is higher.
  • fiddletime
    fiddletime Posts: 1,868 Member
    I hope you did your printing warm ups before you jumped right into the cursive. If you don't know how to do that there's lots of free material on YouTube. My favorite warm up is "R's" and "W's". Start with a really light pencil- it's just your warm up.
  • jemhh
    jemhh Posts: 14,261 Member
    fiddletime wrote: »
    I hope you did your printing warm ups before you jumped right into the cursive. If you don't know how to do that there's lots of free material on YouTube. My favorite warm up is "R's" and "W's". Start with a really light pencil- it's just your warm up.

    OK this really made me laugh :smiley:
  • _Terrapin_
    _Terrapin_ Posts: 4,301 Member
    thorsmom01 wrote: »
    Just go with 784 cals burnt ;)

    Like Jack's bean it seems there is some magic in your 'hand writing' activities.

  • mbaker566
    mbaker566 Posts: 11,233 Member
    idk if our teachers even know how to read cursive anymore. they don't teach it to the kids. I was paid to help grade tests and the students couldn't read my notes to them. smh
  • ptsmiles
    ptsmiles Posts: 511 Member
    They do still teach cursive. Or at least at my boy's school. I guess I need to write more letters in cursive. Sounds like a killer workout.
  • ovidnine
    ovidnine Posts: 314 Member
    This thread brought a much needed smile to my face this morning. lol
  • samgamgee
    samgamgee Posts: 398 Member
    I heard if you take caffeine pills then write a shopping list in joined-up writing you can blast 500 calories of fat right off your abs.
  • jemhh
    jemhh Posts: 14,261 Member
    samgamgee wrote: »
    I heard if you take caffeine pills then write a shopping list in joined-up writing you can blast 500 calories of fat right off your abs.

    Excellent!

    (My daughter's school taught cursive in 2nd grade. I have noticed, though, that they are not required to use it on a daily basis. Any essay she writes is printed rather than written in cursive. Their standardized test essays this year in third grade we done at a computer, meaning that they had to type them out.)
  • klove808
    klove808 Posts: 346 Member

    Even my forearms hurt after a good writing session, it is so worth it! Especially when working the non- dominant hand. Gotta keep me even.
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