How should I log this?

Raw07
Raw07 Posts: 206
edited October 2024 in Fitness and Exercise
Starting this Sunday, my husband and I are going to start doing the couch to 5k :D I love having a supportive husband <3


But I was just wondering what I should log this as...
Thank you!

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  • TubbsMcGee
    TubbsMcGee Posts: 1,058 Member
    The easiest way to do it may be to get a heart rate monitor...nothing too snazzy, if you check out Amazon or Ebay, you can actually pick them up for pretty cheap
  • Nuts4camaros
    Nuts4camaros Posts: 1 Member
    What is "the couch to 5k"?
  • hilhall822
    hilhall822 Posts: 116 Member
    I would log it as jogging- your heart rate stays up pretty well during the walking intervals (or at least mine does). I would say probably 5.0 mph?
  • msnewbootie
    msnewbootie Posts: 240 Member
    Choose an exercise from the exercise database that closely resembles what u r doin, put in your minues, but dont add it just yet. Then, create your own exercise and use the calories from the closely resembled exercise.
  • lawtechie
    lawtechie Posts: 708 Member
    Couch to 5k is part running and part walking. If you follow the program, then afterwards figure out what you ran and what you walked and log that with the speed.

    Example: week 1/day 1Brisk five-minute warmup walk. Then alternate 60 seconds of jogging and 90 seconds of walking for a total of 20 minutes.

    If you did it for 20 minutes you'd have 5 minute walk to start, then 2 1/2 minutes per cycle (60 jog/90 walk) for a total of 6 cycles or 6 minutes jogging, 9 minutes walking. Total = 6 minutes jog (at whatever pace) 15 minutes walk (at whatever pace)
  • Raw07
    Raw07 Posts: 206
    What is "the couch to 5k"?


    http://www.coolrunning.com/engine/2/2_3/181.shtml <-- Check out this link :)
  • Cara2Me
    Cara2Me Posts: 60
    Wow, it is great that you and your husband are doing that. It really helped me out when I started running.

    Log it. I would put it in under jogging and move to running but it all counts. Are you planning to do a 5K? My best to you...
  • Breedy75
    Breedy75 Posts: 54 Member
    It's really a lot more complicated than just getting a heart rate monitor. Depending on what model you get, the algorithms assume certain things and aren't nearly as accurate as people wish they were.

    Ultimately, a calorie is a measure of energy burned to complete a task, figure out how far you go total. Whither you walk and take 20 minutes to do a mile or jog and take 10 minutes you still covered the same ground. It will vary some, but over all given the sprint/walk cycle in c25k that may be the best way to estimate.
  • Raw07
    Raw07 Posts: 206
    Wow, it is great that you and your husband are doing that. It really helped me out when I started running.

    Log it. I would put it in under jogging and move to running but it all counts. Are you planning to do a 5K? My best to you...

    I would love to do a 5K just have to find one n my area :) Thanks!!
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