Wellness

[SeaMaiden]

There's a certain amount of steps you should hit per minute if you're walking to lose weight, a new study says.

100 steps per minute (about 2.7 miles per hour) is magic formula for it to be considered moderate exercise, where your heart rate increases by 50 to 70 percent. When you break it down, it's just under 2 steps per second, which definitely sounds doable for a healthy individual.

“The good news is that this pace will probably not feel strenuous to most healthy people,” Dr. Tudor-Locke said. The same research says that for those looking for a challenging workout should raise their step count to 130 per minute, as this rate officially counts as "vigorous."

simply hitting 100 steps per minute will do wonders for your health. We've always been about getting in those steps wherever you go, but this bit of news proves that keeping fit can be as easy as putting one foot in front of the other.

You should exercise at least for 30 minutes each day, so you'd need to ensure that you get those 3,000 steps in within that time period.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/fitness/walking-is-considered-exercise%E2%80%94but-only-if-you-take...

[AuntG]

That's good to know because it is something most people can do. I'd encourage everyone to walk for exercise, no matter the pace. Can't say I've lost a lot of weight this year, but I keep plugging away.

[SeaMaiden]

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@AuntG wrote:

That's good to know because it is something most people can do. I'd encourage everyone to walk for exercise, no matter the pace. Can't say I've lost a lot of weight this year, but I keep plugging away.

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@AuntG  I know what you mean about losing the weight...diet and calories eaten is a huge part  along with the walking. 

[Harpa]

I should be out there now, only not in this heat! And I hate to exercise, I mean, er...walk... late in the evening, because I do find it gives more energy, and I want the evenings for relaxing.

Thanks for your post, @SeaMaiden.

[hckynut]

@SeaMaiden@AuntG,

Not really sure what this means in relation to anything concerning fitness and/or weight loss. If you think this will simplify something for you, who am I to say it won't?

To me it just adds another bunch of complicated numbers. First a person has to be on a treadmill in order to know exactly when they are at 2.7mph. Now I have logged at least 75,000 miles on treadmills over many decades, and closer to 200,000 miles outdoors. Ain't no way I could tell when I am walking at 2.7mph, probably not even close. Yes! Many of my long recoveries, walking is what I did, not running.

Knowing this, now a person has to know their Max Heart Rate, how many have taken a Maximal Treadmill Test to really know what that might be? I am guessing very few, and they were/are most likely athletes. So it is 50-70% of what number? More numbers once again. 

I could go on and on about the many different formulas used by "trainers/so-called experts) as to numbers used to GUESS at one's Max Heart Rate, but A Guess is exactly all it would be.

Very few have had an opportunity to ACCURATELY measure their Max HR to a PERSON THEIR SAME AGE/SAME TYPE OF FITNESS TRAINING, and WORK THE EXACT SAME JOB!  I have, and both of use did the exact same Max Fitness Protocol/on the same treadmill, and on the same day.

My Max Heart Rate was 171bpm, my co-worker's Max Heart Rate was 198bpm. Now 27bpm is not a small number, but that is why using any formula using one's age/minus whatever number, to give someone a close to accurate Heart Beats Per Minutes? It tells a person next to nothing.

For anyone that doubts a Max HR number of 27bpm sounds insignificant? Get to a high Heart Rate Number, for you, and them work to raise it 27bpm. Good luck! 

To simplify my whole post and it's meaning? All a person needs to do concerning losing weight and/or getting more physically fit? Forget counting "steps per second/minute/hour, or whatever".

Get an accurate chest Heart Rate Monitor(Breast Bra Monitor) find a comfortable Heart Rate/use ONLY TIME SPENT(no counting anything or looking and/or guessing at exact miles per hour) raise your Heart Rate to a point you know it has increased. Only you, with the advice of your doctor, can then decide what percentage(%) increase is safe for you to use.

More studies, while interesting to me, complicate even more, an activity that is very simple to measure. That is TIME SPENT ONLY and at a HEART RATE that is safe for each individual. Pretty simple to me and for me, I have used it for decades, and for recoveries, from some pretty bad health and injury issues.

Long? Of course, who would expect anything else from this old man?

hckynut(john)

[ALRATIBA]

Oh ... if you want to lose weight ....

I don't need to lose weight.  My cardio doc, PCP and physical therapist consider any type of walking to be exercise ... at least for me.

[RetRN]

I figure as long as I am moving, it can't be bad for me.

[151949]

If walking is your only exercise that will only keep using the same set of muscles over & over. You need to vary your exercise routine so you are exercising all your muscles . 

[hckynut]

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@ALRATIBA wrote:

Oh ... if you want to lose weight ....

I don't need to lose weight.  My cardio doc, PCP and physical therapist consider any type of walking to be exercise ... at least for me.

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@ALRATIBA

And I fully agree with all of them. As I mentioned on this forum many times over: "most human bodies do not wear out, they rust out"! Is that factual? Beats me, but I use it when someone tells me age(younger than me) wore their body out, thus they cannot do xzy.

I never initiate these face to face conversations, I just tell them my view on age and fitness.

hckynut(john)

[Bhvbum]

It is almost impossible to lose weight through exercise. You must change your diet for the rest of your life. It’s that simple.