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Water walking

ibunnie
ibunnie Posts: 14
edited September 2024 in Fitness and Exercise
Wondering if anyone can help with this. I've googled and googled but can't find any sort of consistent, confirmable information about to calculate an hour's worth of 2/2.5 mph walking in chest-deep water for one hour in the sun. When I entered my exercise today, I used the water jogging database entry and halving the time. Still 430 calories seems a bit much, especially when the exercise felt so much easier than walking for an hour on land.

Any reputable resources are welcome. Thanks!

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  • taem
    taem Posts: 495 Member
    Try WebMD's calorie counter.

    http://www.webmd.com/diet/healthtool-fitness-calorie-counter
  • Sunshine_Girlie
    Sunshine_Girlie Posts: 618 Member
    Hmm. That's a toughy. I wish I had better input, but the best I can say is a heart rate monitor is best at this.
  • quietlywinning
    quietlywinning Posts: 889 Member
    Try WebMD's calorie counter.

    http://www.webmd.com/diet/healthtool-fitness-calorie-counter

    Can you really use a heart rate monitor in the water? What kind? I don't have one at all yet.
  • Sunshine_Girlie
    Sunshine_Girlie Posts: 618 Member
    Yeah, you can use a HRM underwater. It's resistant up to 30 meters, if I'm not mistaken.

    I use a Polar FT4.
  • Smittyinthesun2
    Smittyinthesun2 Posts: 161
    I do water walking a couple of times a week for 20-30 laps and I just consider it leisurely swimming and add it to my swim times.

    I know it seems easy but the water gives you great resistance and makes your body work harder to get through.
  • ibunnie
    ibunnie Posts: 14
    Thanks, y'all. I guess it just seemed too easy, but even WebMD says I burned 436 calories. My leg muscles burned like mad, but it just didn't feel like hard work. I'm grateful I have a friend who has a pool; I foresee many evening hours spent walking round and round and round.
  • ThumperWabbt
    ThumperWabbt Posts: 82 Member
    I know it doesn't feel like you're working as hard, but walking in water gives you (I read a long time ago, so I might not be exactly right) 22 times the resistance as walking on ground. So burning a few extra calories seems right. And it's more fun, too :)
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