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What should pushing a stroller w/ 4 kids be categorized as?

billyjoebob
billyjoebob Posts: 72
edited October 2024 in Fitness and Exercise
Just putting down walking or carrying a child while walking doesn't seem accurate enough. I pushed 123 pounds worth of kids (4 yr old, 3yr old, 2 yr old, 7 mo old) in a triple stroller and it was not easy. Even tiny hills were pretty hard to go up. How would you categorize this for exercise?

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  • brittanydaniel79
    brittanydaniel79 Posts: 226
    heavy lifting
  • emilydmac
    emilydmac Posts: 382 Member
    i would categorize it as hell
  • bry_all01
    bry_all01 Posts: 3,100 Member
    there is an exercise in cardio called walking while pushing/pulling a stroller.
  • teri1956
    teri1956 Posts: 221 Member
    That you need a vacation! :flowerforyou:
  • La_Amazona
    La_Amazona Posts: 4,855 Member
    i would categorize it as hell

    HA!!!!
  • russelljclarke
    russelljclarke Posts: 836 Member
    A pain in the a**e?
  • MrsCon40
    MrsCon40 Posts: 2,351 Member
    Indentured servitude?
  • MamaBear57
    MamaBear57 Posts: 336 Member
    that is what I thought also. lol
  • Heather75
    Heather75 Posts: 3,386 Member
    Torture. I think it is in the database.
  • SarahWrittenThin
    SarahWrittenThin Posts: 595 Member
    pushing wheelchair maybe? they add up to an adult lol.
  • mynika
    mynika Posts: 312 Member
    I would say AWESOME!!! you are a dedicated Mother...
    you might could put pushing/pulling a stroller X4 :flowerforyou:
  • eates
    eates Posts: 334 Member
    pushing a stroller doesn't come close- it assumes you're just meandering down the road slowly with a single stroller with 1 child. I haven't found anything that's even close for my double stroller so until I got my HRM I just inputted a little less than double the time (so if we walked for an hour I'd put an 80 minutes)
  • billyjoebob
    billyjoebob Posts: 72
    Haha, nice responses:) I saw the "'walking while pushing/pulling a stroller' but I'm thinking it's for pushing just one child, not four.
  • Loko_Ino
    Loko_Ino Posts: 544 Member
    Insanity..
    I make them fools walk...
  • billyjoebob
    billyjoebob Posts: 72
    What is a HRM?
  • brewingaz
    brewingaz Posts: 1,136 Member
    Torture. I think it is in the database.

    This.
  • dmpizza
    dmpizza Posts: 3,321 Member
    Two sets of Irish Twins.
  • billyjoebob
    billyjoebob Posts: 72
    Oh, I usually do make the 3 oldest walk, but we were running late for swimming lessons so I piled them all in so I could walk fast.
  • erxkeel
    erxkeel Posts: 553 Member
    What is a HRM?

    Heart Rate Monitor.
  • billyjoebob
    billyjoebob Posts: 72
    I suppose you could say Irish twin. We are adopting our 3 year old and she is only four months older than my 2 year old.
  • billyjoebob
    billyjoebob Posts: 72
    So a HRM can help you calculate how many calories you burned? How does it work?
  • TDGee
    TDGee Posts: 2,209 Member
    Just putting down walking or carrying a child while walking doesn't seem accurate enough. I pushed 123 pounds worth of kids (4 yr old, 3yr old, 2 yr old, 7 mo old) in a triple stroller and it was not easy. Even tiny hills were pretty hard to go up. How would you categorize this for exercise?

    Parenting.
  • ncgatorfan
    ncgatorfan Posts: 517
    Insanity..
    I make them fools walk...

    There ya go!!!
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