I have to walk about an hour a day to get to classes etc. My friend says that this doesn't count as cardio, but I think it does. Who's right?
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Thread: Is walking considered cardio?
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12-03-2010, 10:42 PM #1
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12-04-2010, 12:47 AM #2
what is cardio to you?
walking burns calories and causes vascularity..
running burns more calories and cause more vascularity..
If your trying to prove to your friend that your getting exercise..
then ye you are..
but it all depends at what hart rate do you consider an excercise cardio-vascularLast edited by NOpain-NOgain; 12-04-2010 at 12:53 AM.
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12-04-2010, 01:49 AM #3
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12-04-2010, 02:05 AM #4
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12-04-2010, 02:36 AM #5
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12-04-2010, 02:53 AM #6
Depends.
I would prefer not to call it cardio. I'd reserve the term for activities that would generally raise your heart rate by a good margin and keep it raised there for a while. Walking is great to burn calories/fat but given that it is very hard to get up to a good heart rate even with powerwalking without breaking into a run, it wouldn't be 'cardio' since it does little to the heart per se.
Btw., have you considered getting an inexpensive bicycle and riding it fast that distance to your class every day? That could be a great cardio! (as long as you don't coast too much)
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12-04-2010, 03:40 AM #7
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12-04-2010, 05:23 AM #8
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12-04-2010, 05:24 AM #9
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12-04-2010, 09:21 AM #10
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12-04-2010, 09:44 AM #11
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12-04-2010, 09:46 AM #12
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12-04-2010, 10:32 AM #13
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12-04-2010, 10:39 AM #14
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12-04-2010, 10:43 AM #15
Walking is something that you're just supposed to do to get around. Cardio is when you actually put some kind of stress on your cardiovascular system in order to improve it. Unless you're very fat and get sweaty from 5 minutes of walking on a treadmill it's not cardio.
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12-04-2010, 10:56 AM #16
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12-04-2010, 12:40 PM #17
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12-04-2010, 02:39 PM #18
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12-06-2010, 09:42 AM #19
Short answer: yes. Your friends are gay.
Long answer: your heart is always working, anything you do to expend more energy than usual will increase oxygen consumption and your breathing will increase to suck in more, your heart will increase to circulate it more. Stuff termed cardio is usually stuff that can expend a lot of it while balancing out the tension demands to a lot of different muscles, usually big ones.
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