whats better

[Ezteq]

a 2.5 hour hike (approx 8 miles) or a 30 "run" on the cross trainer (approx 6 miles)


i mean whats the best form of exercizzle?

 

[old.Tohtori]

a 2.5 hour hike (approx 8 miles) or a 30 "run" on the cross trainer (approx 6 miles)


i mean whats the best form of exercizzle?

I'll just jump on you...err...this! before Chronic comes in with all the technicl stuff and how you should eat a carrot and stuff half of it inside a gerbil for the 0.0001% increase

If you want to upgrade long term power, hike. If short term, run.

 

[Ezteq]

aye thats what i suspected, and tbh on a day as beautiful as this im buggered if im going to waste it by sweating away indoors, it was a lovely morning and it totally warranted the wearing of one of my top class hawiian shirts imo.

 

[Mey]

I imagine the run will get your heart-rate up quicker and for longer than the walk, though the walk will probably be more fun and enjoyable.

 

[Binky the Bomb]

Best form of exersize for you would be to make me a grilled cheese sandwich, and joy all the way upto Oldham and deliver it. Course, that's bit of a long run, so i'd have to say the 8 mile hike. Endurance training is always a better option.

 

[old.Tohtori]

so i'd have to say the 8 mile hike.

They call you the Binky,
but i call you the blinky,
'cause that's what you'll be doing when i drop my stinky!
You think you're a runner,
just a 100 meter gunner,
and when you see me hiking it's really a bummer!

8 mile hike yo!

 

[Ezteq]

bit Ot here but thats what the thread is for...


Toht did you not LOL @ Dr Who this week the bit with the gas mask and Dr Who says "Are you my mummy?" i almost did a nose propelled coke squirt.

 

[old.Tohtori]

bit Ot here but thats what the thread is for...


Toht did you not LOL @ Dr Who this week the bit with the gas mask and Dr Who says "Are you my mummy?" i almost did a nose propelled coke squirt.

Most definetaly

But keep it in it's own thread, it's down there

 

[- English -]

i guess the walking is better for calorie loss and the running isbetter for CV fitness, up2 u which you want

 

[Blackjack]

Longer hike (rough terrain that will atleast get your heart rate up to 60-65% of your max) will be better for you. I know you are in much better shape than you were. But i can't imagine you being up for really hardcore cardio. And prefer a more tolerable workout.
A high intensity workout for you would probably be around 80-85% your max heart rate.
With those heart rates the sweet spot will be around 45 mins, for you to burn the same amount of cal as a 30 mins higher intensity workout. Which is effort vs reward wize aimed more at improving cardio capability.
(I could be completely wrong what your case is concerned Givf numbers on; times, distance and/or watt output, and avarage heartrate when you are on the x-trainer. And if possible your maximum heart rate) would make it easier

For me it wouldn't pay, as i can easily knockout 500 cal in 30 mins. A walk simply wont do it for me. Unless i was hiking up a mountain. I reckon that would probably eat away at the reserves

 

[Chronictank]

go for a hike woman, you get to see pretty things
Alernatively stuff half a carrot inside a gerbil, then see if you can catch it as it runs away in a panic.. although this method only works if you video it and post it on FH

 

[Castus]

Hiking for sure. Around Matlocks nice.

 

[Bahumat]

Just have sex after drinking 8 red bulls. The energy burn will be immense!

 

[tris-]

which one is better depends on the amount of calories you used.
they could well be the same if the intensity of 30 min x trainer equals the intensity of an 8 mile walk.

 

[Ezteq]

aye thats what i suspected (and tbh when its such a nice day walking is more a pleasure than exercise), Blackies right on the thing that i dont do a massive "omfg im gonna puke" work out but i do push it, i havent a clue about the wat output as i tend to have it on the calorific burn setting which is usually between 300-450 500 if i go for 40 mins, its generally 100 cals per 10 mins...don't know if thats defined as "good" but i think its not bad going tbh.

heart rate kind of fluctuates from between 140-80 depending on the setting of me x-trainer if its high resistance then i go slow and steady but if its on running mode which for me is around level 4-6 but anything at level 10 is a determined plod lol.

I just thought i'd chuck the question out there because while i was walking this morning i could definately feel my muscles working but i didnt get out of breath or anything so was wondering of a longer slower session at a good steady pace was as benificial as a 30 minute session where i belt it out.

seeing as i walk to and from work some days i just do a McWorkout™ which is like a 20min sprint just to get the blood going, are these actually any good seeing as i have already had 2 30min fast paced walks that day anyway? I mean it can't hurt to do them i guess and i usually do my weights and floor exercises after too, its just fitting it all in when im already a bit knackered i feel its better to do some shorter work out than none at all and just rely on the walking.

i thank you my FH gurus


*goes to insert a carrot in a gerbil*

 

[echome]

Ez hun, according to a few articles I have read then the high intensity workout is also great afterwards - since it should keep your body going for longer afterwards than the slowpaced long workout. So tbh I think you should just chose whatever you feel like... then you might even smile and that way burn even more calories ;-)

 

[Ezteq]

well i went for a 20min "run" and did the weights etc last night also as i was still feeling good and full of beans, i survived the hike and the run but when i was brushing my teeth this morning to get rdy for work i did something to my neck and so took chodax's advice and slapped a heat pad on and dosed myself up with paracetamol rofl how lame am i!


ooooh noooo teh toothbrush defeated meh!!

 

[Lethul]

can't you run outdoors?

 

[Ezteq]

no.


i cant run at all, i can psudi run on my cross trainer but actual running just leaves me ashamed and feeling sickand any unfortunate spectators embarassed and unsure where to look.

 

[Blackjack]

no.


i cant run at all, i can psudi run on my cross trainer but actual running just leaves me ashamed and feeling sickand any unfortunate spectators embarassed and unsure where to look.

Don't worry, it's a general defect in many women. Like throwing.... Some can do it. But the vast majority makes it look like a cripple having an epileptic seizure

 

[Ezteq]

i just look like a rather tipsy gay duck...



wearing tight shoes.

 

[Maeloch]

It depends what ur after, you can enjoy burning calories via walking but it takes time. Mind I think once u start adding hills it can mount up quite quickly - iirc every 1000ft elevation burns something like 400 cals on top of the distance covered. Will get u out of breath very quick also.

Started backpacking and multiday hiking as a hobby last yr and what u can eat and drink without putting on weight while lugging a pack about all day is sick.

 

[Ezteq]

you ever get neck/upper back troubles if your pack wasn't adjusted properly or too heavy?

 

[Maeloch]

It never bothered me, carrying between 12-20kg, but maybe I was just lucky with the pack I started with. First thing to go always seems to be the feet, after that shoulders start to ache.