would you count darts as cardio??
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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 exercise0 -
Not unless the dart is a javelin, and the board is a 100m of open field.0
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Full contact darts? yes.0
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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.0 -
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.
They don't care I just find it funny0 -
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.
I don't know about HR, but I've sure seen some BP raised during darts.
LOL for sure!0 -
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.0
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I drink more beer than the calories burned at darts. * giggle*0
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I used to obsess over calories burned - vaccuuming, sleeping, reading, laughing - I logged it all, as well as every calorie eaten. Oh, that was also when I had the worst eating habits of my life!
Now I only consider real, dedicated training to be exercise - heart rate should be in zone 3 or higher. Even a "sedentary" lifestyle assumes you do the dishes and play darts once in a while. If it's not exercise, and you're not working to increase your strength/cardiovascular capacity, don't waste your time logging it!0 -
I used to obsess over calories burned - vaccuuming, sleeping, reading, laughing - I logged it all, as well as every calorie eaten. Oh, that was also when I had the worst eating habits of my life!
Now I only consider real, dedicated training to be exercise - heart rate should be in zone 3 or higher. Even a "sedentary" lifestyle assumes you do the dishes and play darts once in a while. If it's not exercise, and you're not working to increase your strength/cardiovascular capacity, don't waste your time logging it!
What's zone 3? You got me curious now :oD0 -
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Only if you're the target and trying not to get hit.
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only if there is a fist fight lasting 30 minutes or longer afterwards....0
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No.
A broad definition of cardiovascular is is any activity that increases heart rate and respiration while using large muscle groups repetitively and rhythmically (link: http://www.livestrong.com/article/114986-definition-cardio-exercise/)0 -
Judging by the size of most darts players (even those of competition standard) I would say it doesn't strike me as a particularly effective form of exercise...
But perhaps it's the fact that most of them are consuming 5 pints of lager during every game that negates "the burn"... :huh:0 -
No TC0
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Now I only consider real, dedicated training to be exercise - heart rate should be in zone 3 or higher. Even a "sedentary" lifestyle assumes you do the dishes and play darts once in a while. If it's not exercise, and you're not working to increase your strength/cardiovascular capacity, don't waste your time logging it!
After checking what Zone 3 might be I stumbled upon http://www.sarkproducts.com/targetzonecalculator.htm
Putting my pesonal values in my Zone 3 starts at 140 bpm. I'd be careful using things like that to judge if something is training or not. Yesterday i did an LSD-training http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_slow_distance on my bycicle ergometer, at an average heart rate of 121. I rode 2:30 hours at an average of 152 Watts and burnt 1500 kCal. Details of the ride are here http://trainingstagebuch.org/public/show/1723343
So what I wanted to say is that it very much depends on your trainingslevel and your trainingstarget. Of course I do much harder units, but there are the slow ones as well, as they serve to improve other parts of my fitness. Not counting a training that burnt 1500 kCal would be crazy, even if it is by definition on the border between zone 1 and zone 2 wouldn't it?
I agree however, that darts is not any kind of fitness training, the same goes for chess by the way.0 -
Going for a game of darts later - I'll just log the beer lol0
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As a darts fan myself does anyone care to tell me how many players they know who are obese/fat? as they don't have a clue when they see it as a sport where players drink beer. That was the 70's and 80's. rules state you can't drink while playing so they have water. Anyway it' a form of excercise to me because you have to walk to get the darts out of the board. If your doing that for hours a day while practice surely your doing something. Most players would practice for say 6 hours per day and take a 5 min break every 30 mins or so.
It would be funny if you meet players like Michael Van Gerwan, Gary Anderson, Peter Wright, James Wade, Simon Whitlock etc and say they are fat when they aren't really.0 -
About as much as I think you should count lifting a beer to your mouth as weight lifting.0
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