What is a massage equivalent to?

Nyxish
Nyxish Posts: 16
edited November 2023 in Sleep, Mindfulness and Overall Wellness
Hi everyone, i'm new here.

i'm a massage therapist, i do 2 - 4 massages every work day, it's exhausting and physical and hard work... but it's not like you know, a cardio workout or whatever. When i'm trying to sort out my daily activity... how do i account for that, any ideas?

1 hour massage = 30 minutes of yoga?
1 hour massage = 1 hour of... i have no idea. Help?

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  • meshashesha2012
    meshashesha2012 Posts: 8,329 Member
    can you wear an HRM monitor while you do one?
  • Kandygirl
    Kandygirl Posts: 249 Member
    under excerises there is a massage
  • Nyxish
    Nyxish Posts: 16
    Weird, i'll look again, but i didn't see massage listed as an activity.

    i don't have a HRM. Maybe i'll look into one.
  • sarahrichards81
    sarahrichards81 Posts: 79
    If you do it every day why not just change your activity level up? It'll give you more base calories to begin with.

    If you do them sporadically then I guess maybe housework if you can't find massage?
  • Nyxish
    Nyxish Posts: 16
    My schedule varies by appointment....some weeks are busy, some are not. Right now i am crazy busy, but that will even out. i think my problem is more that i am not sure i'm setting my baseline correctly anyway.
  • cavewoman15
    cavewoman15 Posts: 278 Member
    rather than counting this as an exercise, you could choose a different lifestyle which will recalculate your BMR.
  • LovingLisa2012
    LovingLisa2012 Posts: 775 Member
    try this http://www.self.com/calculatorsprograms/calculators/caloriesburned/giving_massage

    then enter it as your own work out ?

    or like others have said .. just increase your activity level
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