Is This A Good Power Walk For A 58 Year Old Dude?

[bcalvanese]

1 year ago I couldn't even walk 1 mile at a slow pace without having to lay down for an hour...:(

[USAF-Larry]

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@SunsetRunner wrote:

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Yes, that is very good, Bcalvenes!.   It take me 2 hours to walk the same distance without power walking. One thing I've noticed in the difference between our walks is my fat burning minutes are much higher and cardio is lower.  Yours is the opposite.  I  wonder why is that. 

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The Power Walking brings the heart rate up, and that moves it into the Cardio zone.

[SebringDon]

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@USAF-Larry wrote:

The Power Walking brings the heart rate up, and that moves it into the Cardio zone.

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Yep. It all boils down to pace. My 17-minute pace is in Fat Burn, my 15:30-minute pace is Cardio, and if my pace is less than 15 minutes, I'm bouncing in and out of Peak. That's a big improvement from when I started and an 18-minute pace would put me in Cardio.

I did 3.74 miles in 50:30 (13:30 pace) at the Sebring International Raceway event, and it was reported as all Peak - which for me is above 133 BPM.

[bcalvanese]

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@SunsetRunner wrote:

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@bcalvanese wrote:

1 year ago I couldn't even walk 1 mile at a slow pace without having to lay down for an hour...:(

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Yes, that is very good, Bcalvenes!.   It take me 2 hours to walk the same distance without power walking. One thing I've noticed in the difference between our walks is my fat burning minutes are much higher and cardio is lower.  Yours is the opposite.  I  wonder why is that. 

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Thanks.

My cardio zone starts at 113 bpm because I'm 58. You are younger so yours probably start much higher. Plus I swing my arms at a 90 degree angle which get my heart rate up a bit more.

[bcalvanese]

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@SebringDon wrote:

@bcalvanese

If you're thinking about some strength training, take a look at FitStar. Fitbit has a special on the membership going now, but the free version gives you two free personalized workouts a week and as many "freestyle" sessions as you want.

It's all body-weight strength training; all you need is an exercise mat. It does a great job of giving you a fitness test at the beginning, then tailors each of the individualised workouts based on your initial fitness and your feedback after each individual exercise. You tell it how long you kept up or how many reps you did, and whether it was easy, brutal, or OK. Then it adjusts the next set of exercises based on how you scored the previous session. It's almost eerie how well it manages to keep you working just hard enough to start cussing but not hard enough to quit. 😄

Hope this helps!

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Thanks man. I'm going to look into that.

I also have a total gym (knock off) that I use to do muscular exercise on.

[bcalvanese]

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@TandemWalker wrote:

Yes, I did see the elevation annotations; and you're absolutely right, that would give you the peaks and throughs that you're looking for, indeed.

I am 67 years of age and never joogged, except for a couple of years in my early 30s. I started with intervals two years ago. But you know, my jogging segments are slow jogs. Runners pass me all the time, and that's fine. The idea of transitioning to a jog is not to run per se but to use my leg muscles and joints differently than for walking and increase my heart rate a bit at the same time. When you tried, perhaps you rushed into it too quickly or tried ran too fast. To give you an idea, my average walking pace is between 3.7 to 4 mph. My jogging pace is 4.2 to 4.5 mph. So it's a sloooow smooth jog. Again, because we use our leg muscles and joints differently for walking and jogging, the transitioning back and forth eases the fatigue somehow.

But hey, jogging/running is not for everyone; and if had an injury like you did, I would certainly not chance it again. The main thing is to stay active; and on that front, you're doing GREAT!

TW

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Yur probably right. I am most likely trying to progress too fast. It feels good when I'm doing it, but the next day or two I feel the affects from it.

I'm almost back to 100% from my last pulled muscles, but once I am back to 100% I may try it again very slowly.

Thanks,