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Does this count as "cardio?"

LadyG0915
LadyG0915 Posts: 137 Member
edited September 2024 in Fitness and Exercise
We were at the county fair yesterday for 5 hours. We were walking most of the time, though it was surley a slow pace with two children. So would I count some of that time as excercise? I would say maybe 2 hrs were actual movement.

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  • blacktallon
    blacktallon Posts: 38
    Sure! If you type in walking in your excersice you should be able to find an option for slow pace.
  • felice03
    felice03 Posts: 2,644 Member
    i would say it depends on what you have your activity level set as. if you have it as sedentary then yes, anything higher than that than no.
  • PeachyKeene
    PeachyKeene Posts: 1,645 Member
    I would!
  • Egger29
    Egger29 Posts: 14,741 Member
    You were off the couch so if it's outside your daily norm as far as activities go, log it in as 2.0 kph Walking for 120 mins (2 hours)
  • nalia08
    nalia08 Posts: 252
    I would because anytime you are not sitting still, you are burning calories. It may not be alot, but it's something!
  • dayzeerock
    dayzeerock Posts: 918 Member
    Was your heart-rate elevated to at least a fat-burning zone? If not, it's not cardio. Cardo = heart. If the blood isn't pumping through your heart any faster than normal, than it's not cardio.
  • mandycat80
    mandycat80 Posts: 3
    yes it counts.. you were walking so you were burning calories...cleaning counts too :)
  • kneeki
    kneeki Posts: 347 Member
    Any exercise with an elevated heart rate counts as cardio. If walking elevates - you're good to go.
  • SueInAz
    SueInAz Posts: 6,592 Member
    It's probably not cardio since you more than likely didn't elevate your heart rate very much, but it's definitely activity above and beyond your usual daily calorie burn. I usually log about half the time I was somewhere that I walked for hours as "walking 2 MPH."
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