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    would you count darts as cardio??

    Posts: 210 Member
    edited December 2024 in Fitness and Exercise
    Would darts count as cardio?? Some of my friends count this as cardio and its the only form of exercise they engage in each week. What do you all think? I play too but don't see it as exercise

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    • Posts: 511 Member
      That's reaching.

      Maybe lawn darts, where your friends are the targets and have to dodge.
    • Posts: 3,039 Member
      Would darts count as cardio?? Some of my friends count this as cardio and its the only form of exercise they engage in each week. What do you all think? I play too but don't see it as exercise

      Throwing spiky things at the wall, darts?

      I don't see how anyone could get their HR up high enough doing that to count it as cardio, unless they are sprinting from the line to the board and back every time they fetch the darts.
    • Posts: 475
      I wouldn't. I don't see it as any form of exercise.
    • Posts: 210 Member
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      Throwing spiky things at the wall, darts?

      I don't see how anyone could get their HR up high enough doing that to count it as cardio, unless they are sprinting from the line to the board and back every time they fetch the darts.

      ^this was one of the arguments I gave
    • Posts: 210 Member
      That's reaching.

      Maybe lawn darts, where your friends are the targets and have to dodge.

      I doubt they are fit enough
    • Posts: 6,033 Member
      Only if I can count horseshoes and hand grenades, too.
    • Posts: 799 Member
      No....the only thing moving here is an arm for the beer, and if you break a sweat doing that, you need more help than I can offer! :)
    • Posts: 1,455 Member
      only if you're the dartboard that day.
    • Posts: 17,121 Member
      not even close.
    • Posts: 8,329 Member
      no way. i only count cardio as something that gets my heart rate over 130 for at least 10 straight minutes
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    • Posts: 574 Member
      depends on who I am darting...ooh wait..
    • Posts: 8,980 Member
      only if you clean the dartboard and the darts afterwards
    • Posts: 2,631 Member
      if you were shooting them nonstop for an hour.. maybe...
    • Posts: 17,299 Member
      It is in the database, but it only gives me a little over 100 calories per hour. Which is probably correct. I'm sure I burn about that much more while throwing darts than while sitting on the couch. At least I am standing and walking back and forth occasionally. Plus, the obligatory 12 oz curls.
    • Posts: 422 Member
      That is reaching... a lot. It's like counting light housework and laundry as excercise. As far as I'm concerned, if I don't have an elevated heart rate, it's not cardio. If they are just looking for a reason to eat more, they need to change their activity level setting or reduce how quickly they want to lose weight.
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    • Posts: 2,247 Member
      Would darts count as cardio?? Some of my friends count this as cardio and its the only form of exercise they engage in each week. What do you all think? I play too but don't see it as exercise

      They count it as cardio because they think it will get them off the hook.

      No, it is not cardio, it does not raise the HR, get you out of breath nor is there much movement there.

      I've played darts and stand by what I have just said.
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      lightweight.... 16oz is better

      It is negative calories I usually end up drunk lol
    • Posts: 2,247 Member
      No....the only thing moving here is an arm for the beer, and if you break a sweat doing that, you need more help than I can offer! :)

      LMAO :flowerforyou:
    • Posts: 888 Member
      I think if you have to question it, you shouldn't count it.
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      They count it as cardio because they think it will get them off the hook.

      No, it is not cardio, it does not raise the HR, get you out of breath nor is there much movement there.

      I've played darts and stand by what I have just said.

      I don't know about HR, but I've sure seen some BP raised during darts.
    • Posts: 210 Member
      I think if you have to question it, you shouldn't count it.

      Im only posting this because I can't believe they are justifying it as their weekly exercise
    • Posts: 322 Member
      Not unless the dart is a javelin, and the board is a 100m of open field.
    • Posts: 2,096 Member
      Full contact darts? yes.
    • Posts: 2,105 Member
      Would darts count as cardio?? Some of my friends count this as cardio and its the only form of exercise they engage in each week. What do you all think? I play too but don't see it as exercise

      Are your friends losing weight? If so, whether there is any validity to it or not, what they are doing is working for them. If they aren't, it might be a valid point of discussion in a conversation that starts with them carping about the fact that you are losing weight and they aren't.

      Your diary, your rules. And widdershins likewise.
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      Are your friends losing weight? If so, whether there is any validity to it or not, what they are doing is working for them. If they aren't, it might be a valid point of discussion in a conversation that starts with them carping about the fact that you are losing weight and they aren't.

      Your diary, your rules. And widdershins likewise.

      They don't care I just find it funny
    • Posts: 2,247 Member
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      I don't know about HR, but I've sure seen some BP raised during darts.

      LOL for sure!
    • Posts: 382
      LOVE me a good game of Cricket. Play at least 2-3 times per week. That being said, I have never counted it and never will. The person in question suffers mental subterfuge. As long as they continue down that road, they won't be happy with their fitness results.
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