Pushing Stroller while walking??

brandirashael
brandirashael Posts: 12 Member
edited October 5 in Fitness and Exercise
JUst wondering for all you moms pushing a stroller and walking. When you log your walk, do you log walking at a specific pace and the pushing stroller separate or just the one?

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  • darrcn5
    darrcn5 Posts: 495 Member
    I wear my heart rate monitor. For a 20 minute walk, I burn about 50 extra calories pushing my 25 pound son in his 20 pound stroller.
  • jhardenbergh
    jhardenbergh Posts: 1,035 Member
    there might be something in the database for pushing a stroller, I know there's one for walking a dog, not that it's the same thing cause dogs and babies are completely different, but it may be in there. I know I burned an extra 125 calories the one day I took my buddies daughter for a walk on my same regular route.
  • leahdanbury
    leahdanbury Posts: 132 Member
    i usually log how fast i walk rather than if i'm pushing a stroller. when i log the stroller its much less than if i put my pace.
  • TipMcE
    TipMcE Posts: 158
    The pushing a stroller calories in the database is a joke. I think it assumes you are strolling through a mall gazing in windows or something. Since I don't have an HRM, I just log it as a fast paced walk (which is pretty much what I do when I go for a stroller walk). I consider the extra weight I'm pushing up and and down hills a bonus!
  • brandirashael
    brandirashael Posts: 12 Member
    Thanks Everyone. I def put it in under brisk pace walking but wasnt sure about adding pushing stroller also. I need to get a HRM.
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