Do you count walking as exercise?

[Anonymous]

Yes, but I don't have to click anything on my fitbit. It counts my steps and includes me.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Yes. Walking is amazing for your health. I lift weights 4x a week and try to walk 5 miles a day. It is so beneficial for you.

This is pretty much me as well. I was a lifelong runner, but in my 40s switched to daily weights and walking with a weekly swim. Wish I had changed routines earlier.

My Dr reccomended switching from running to walking when I hit 55. Less chance of injury that would end exercise entirely.

[Anonymous]

I wonder why doctors, therapists, etc. tell patients who need to lose weight, control blood pressure etc, to "start walking"?

Or, why one of the easiest ways to get more exercise is to park further away and walk?

It's exercise.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yes. Walking is amazing for your health. I lift weights 4x a week and try to walk 5 miles a day. It is so beneficial for you.

This is pretty much me as well. I was a lifelong runner, but in my 40s switched to daily weights and walking with a weekly swim. Wish I had changed routines earlier.

Besides the same cardio benefits as running but lower impact, taking a walk is incredible for mental health. Just out using your body, looking at things, listening to music or podcast or nothing. It is pretty much the thing that got me through the hardest early days of the pandemic

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yes. Walking is amazing for your health. I lift weights 4x a week and try to walk 5 miles a day. It is so beneficial for you.

This is pretty much me as well. I was a lifelong runner, but in my 40s switched to daily weights and walking with a weekly swim. Wish I had changed routines earlier.

Besides the same cardio benefits as running but lower impact, taking a walk is incredible for mental health. Just out using your body, looking at things, listening to music or podcast or nothing. It is pretty much the thing that got me through the hardest early days of the pandemic

50F, menopausal 3 years. Diagnosed with osteoporosis at 47 (!) with a small, tending- towards-frail frame.

My rheumatologist prescribed Fosamax and hard surface walking AND running.

I took this to heart and have run one 5k, then COVID hit and I ditched the gym for outside trails walks usually 3 miles in one hour.

I'm in healthcare and mid pandemic I had several days of 21k steps setting up a clinic.

Is walking exercise? Hellllll yes!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I log it, but it barely counts as exercise for me. My heart rate rarely breaks 100, and it burns so few calories. In 30 minutes of running I'll burn 300 calories, but just 90 calories in 30 minutes of walking.

Walking is fine for joints and circulations, but it doesn't do jack for my heart or energy expenditure.

THIS. If you are under 80 and weigh less than 250 lbs walking for fewer than 3 hours is not really exercise. Babies walk, people in their 90s and older walk. Exercise has to include an element of challenge.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I log it, but it barely counts as exercise for me. My heart rate rarely breaks 100, and it burns so few calories. In 30 minutes of running I'll burn 300 calories, but just 90 calories in 30 minutes of walking.

Walking is fine for joints and circulations, but it doesn't do jack for my heart or energy expenditure.

THIS. If you are under 80 and weigh less than 250 lbs walking for fewer than 3 hours is not really exercise. Babies walk, people in their 90s and older walk. Exercise has to include an element of challenge.

We aren’t talking a stroll. I power walk…more than three miles per hour (I’m almost to four miles). It just under a jog. No you do not need to walk for three hours to see the benefits.

[Anonymous]

Yes! Walking for exercise is excellent for weight loss. YouTube has many videos on the topic. I walk 45 minutes to an hour every day around my neighborhood. It's kept my weight steady (I'm skinny and 53) during the pandemic when everyone around me has gained 15 pounds, or more. I used to run four miles a day, but now mostly walk.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I count it as exercise but not as a workout. When I'm older it will definitely be my preferred form of workout. It's great for you.

+1

Disagree. My walks are workouts. When I walk I do 4 miles, on hilly terrain that includes no less than 100 stairs. It takes me between 60-70 mins to complete, all depending on the number of cross walks. My heart rate goes up quite a bit throughout my workout, and I monitor my activity via my apple watch.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I log it, but it barely counts as exercise for me. My heart rate rarely breaks 100, and it burns so few calories. In 30 minutes of running I'll burn 300 calories, but just 90 calories in 30 minutes of walking.

Walking is fine for joints and circulations, but it doesn't do jack for my heart or energy expenditure.

THIS. If you are under 80 and weigh less than 250 lbs walking for fewer than 3 hours is not really exercise. Babies walk, people in their 90s and older walk. Exercise has to include an element of challenge.

No it doesn’t. Comments like these just convince overweight people not to bother.

According to Lose it, I’m eating to lose 1/2 lb per week. I’ve been losing about 1 pound instead. It’s the random little walking and housework throughout the day that adds up. I’m nowhere close to 250 pounds.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yes. Walking is amazing for your health. I lift weights 4x a week and try to walk 5 miles a day. It is so beneficial for you.

This is pretty much me as well. I was a lifelong runner, but in my 40s switched to daily weights and walking with a weekly swim. Wish I had changed routines earlier.

Besides the same cardio benefits as running but lower impact, taking a walk is incredible for mental health. Just out using your body, looking at things, listening to music or podcast or nothing. It is pretty much the thing that got me through the hardest early days of the pandemic

50F, menopausal 3 years. Diagnosed with osteoporosis at 47 (!) with a small, tending- towards-frail frame.

My rheumatologist prescribed Fosamax and hard surface walking AND running.

I took this to heart and have run one 5k, then COVID hit and I ditched the gym for outside trails walks usually 3 miles in one hour.

I'm in healthcare and mid pandemic I had several days of 21k steps setting up a clinic.

Is walking exercise? Hellllll yes!

You sound like ne. I've been avoiding Fosamax and the like out of fear of side effects. Do you think it's working for you? I may start rethinking getting on this type of medication. Thanks!

[Anonymous]

My 250 pound DH certainly can't walk at a 10% incline and cover 4.5 miles in an hour. I weigh 115 and I definitely get my heartrate up and work up a decent sweat walking on a treadmill. I also eat like a pig by DCUM standards. I guess I should be 200 pounds since I apparently don't exercise either.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yes. Walking is amazing for your health. I lift weights 4x a week and try to walk 5 miles a day. It is so beneficial for you.

This is pretty much me as well. I was a lifelong runner, but in my 40s switched to daily weights and walking with a weekly swim. Wish I had changed routines earlier.

Besides the same cardio benefits as running but lower impact, taking a walk is incredible for mental health. Just out using your body, looking at things, listening to music or podcast or nothing. It is pretty much the thing that got me through the hardest early days of the pandemic

50F, menopausal 3 years. Diagnosed with osteoporosis at 47 (!) with a small, tending- towards-frail frame.

My rheumatologist prescribed Fosamax and hard surface walking AND running.

I took this to heart and have run one 5k, then COVID hit and I ditched the gym for outside trails walks usually 3 miles in one hour.

I'm in healthcare and mid pandemic I had several days of 21k steps setting up a clinic.

Is walking exercise? Hellllll yes!

You sound like ne. I've been avoiding Fosamax and the like out of fear of side effects. Do you think it's working for you? I may start rethinking getting on this type of medication. Thanks!

Fosamax PP and I was hesitant to begin Fosamax, initially prescribed by my longtime NP. Waited for second opinion from rheumatologist who agreed I should begin this med for two years then follow up with dexa scan to see if it's taken effect.

I understand weighing side effects but in my case, both parents have or had osteoporosis. My maternal grandmother and GG had dowagers humps. My brother was diagnosed with osteopenia recently at 55 after my dexa scan motivated him into looking into genetic predisposition to bone loss.

We are fair skinned, light eyed, slightly built, very typical examples of osteoporosis!

[Anonymous]

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2021/07/16/1016931725/study-of-hunter-gatherer-lifestyle-shows-why-crash-weight-loss-programs-dont-wor

This is why the CICO theory is nonsense. Expend more energy, metabolism slows down.

Parking further away and walking along with being active for general health is great. For me, controlling diet involves IF to control my cravings.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2021/07/16/1016931725/study-of-hunter-gatherer-lifestyle-shows-why-crash-weight-loss-programs-dont-wor

This is why the CICO theory is nonsense. Expend more energy, metabolism slows down.

Parking further away and walking along with being active for general health is great. For me, controlling diet involves IF to control my cravings.

Believe it or not, there are people out there who don’t want to weigh as little as possible, but instead think in terms of strength and body fat percentage. I mostly focus on lifting and HIIT, but walking is a great addition to that, even if only for mental health.