What do YOU consider "exercise"?

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  • JDMac82
    JDMac82 Posts: 3,192 Member
    anything that gets your heart rate elevated above resting heart rate for a minimum of 15 mins.
  • heatherheyns
    heatherheyns Posts: 144 Member
    It depends. I use a fitbit, so I only add exercise if I do something that won't translate well, like Bouldering or biking. However, what having a fitbit reminds me is that exercise is like food. Whether or not you log it, your body counts it. So, whether you consider housework exercise or daily activity, your body burns calories from it. So, decide how you want to track it, then see if your numbers work right and either increase or decrease calorie goals based on the data.
  • biggsterjackster
    biggsterjackster Posts: 419 Member
    None of this. I am on my feet all day already working, walking the dog etc. A workout for me is when I burn about 300 cal in 30 min with either running or some extreme activity.
  • Lizarking
    Lizarking Posts: 507 Member
    valerialeek wrote: »
    30min walk? Dog walking? House cleaning?



    Anything I wasn't planning on doing, that also doesn't necessarily contribute to an improvement in any metric.

    For example, a 30 minute walk would be exercise, but 30 minutes of HIIT would be training.
  • bubble_wrap0428
    bubble_wrap0428 Posts: 88 Member
    Personally I don't consider walking exercise unless I'm walking up hills/hiking. I consider it exercise when my heart rate rises past 120 bpm.
  • Ready2Rock206
    Ready2Rock206 Posts: 9,487 Member
    30min walk? Sure - but it doesn't burn much
    Dog walking? Yep - we generally try to walk 2-3 miles at a time
    House cleaning? Noooooo.

  • jessef593
    jessef593 Posts: 2,272 Member
    60-90 minutes of strength and hypertrophy training. 2-3 min rests between power lifts. 60-90s between higher rep hypertrophy based lifts. If I don't have sweat running down my face I feel like I could be going with more intensity
  • MonkeyMel21
    MonkeyMel21 Posts: 2,396 Member
    If I don't have to wear a sports bra, it's not exercise.

    To me anyway. I do go for walks at lunch, sometimes I log, most of the time I don't.
  • AnnPT77
    AnnPT77 Posts: 34,269 Member
    What do I consider "exercise"?

    Depends on why you're asking.

    If it's about whether I log it in MFP, I at least consider logging any activity that isn't part of the daily routine assumed in my MFP 'activity level' setting, and that goes on long/hard enough to burn calories that are significant at my then-current eating level. It doesn't really matter what the activity itself is.

    If it's about exercise for fitness, then I'd count things that keep me at my current level of fitness (maintaining the base), and push me beyond my current fitness level.

    If it's about bragging rights, then I'd only count stuff that sounds, like, really wildly super-impressive to whomever I happen to be talking with at the moment, which is very audience-specific. ;););)
  • jgnatca
    jgnatca Posts: 14,464 Member
    I count any sustained activity that makes it a little harder for me to talk.

    Here's a study of chambermaids where, those who were told that their work activity exceeded the Surgeon General's recommendations, saw noted improvement of their health.

    http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=17792517

    It might have been work but it was exercise too.
  • AnnPT77
    AnnPT77 Posts: 34,269 Member
    jgnatca wrote: »
    I count any sustained activity that makes it a little harder for me to talk.

    Here's a study of chambermaids where, those who were told that their work activity exceeded the Surgeon General's recommendations, saw noted improvement of their health.

    http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=17792517

    It might have been work but it was exercise too.

    Whoa. I knew the placebo effect wasn't 'all in the mind' in impact . . . but that's remarkable.
  • Asher_Ethan
    Asher_Ethan Posts: 2,430 Member
    I teach a, "mommy and me dance class," and I've been told by some moms who take it that they consider it their workout for the day.
    I am always moving and getting my heart rate up while teaching for a half hour, but I would NEVER consider it a workout.

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