Steps or Heart Rate

[SunsetRunner]

I am 80 years old, my resting heart rate is 63, so my fat burn zone is 70-97 and cardio is 98-118. peak is 119. So I enter the fat burn zone by raising my rate 7 beats, can do this just by walking a few steps. Consequently anything I do, physical or non-physical easily gets me into cardio. I have logged some very large active minutes just doing housework. I have a ONE and an ALTA HR and alternate using them to review active minutes, ONE records only movement so active minutes are accurate using the MET rule but much less than the ALTA. So what is your opinion, movement or heart rate to log active minutes? Apparently when you are very old just twitching quickly counts as exercise!

[SunsetRunner]

Only my opinion, but I would rather focus on my ability to move rather than heartrate. Heck, my heartrate goes up when I watch Game of Thrones. All kidding aside, getting up and just plain moving is important. (And that's from a recovering couch potato)

[Colinm39]

@SunsetRunner  My next birthday is 80 and ironically I reinstated the 250 steps/hour to remind me to get moving.as . @SunsetRunner  suggested.  I just watched a recorded TV documentary on exactly that.... Keep moving. Keep standing every hour etc...

My RHR is 52 so I don't have the problem of going into fat burn for domestic situations..... but when I get up for the bathroom breaks at night, some fat burn.  I tend to ignore the HR unless my perceived effort judgement equates to my breathing etc..

I'm the one who loads/unloads the dishwasher here and that action ups the HR and it's exertion and movement.. I will take it all....

Have you had the Alta HR long enough to establish a trend line on your RHR ? 

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@SunsetRunner wrote:

I am 80 years old, my resting heart rate is 63, so my fat burn zone is 70-97 and cardio is 98-118. peak is 119. So I enter the fat burn zone by raising my rate 7 beats, can do this just by walking a few steps. Consequently anything I do, physical or non-physical easily gets me into cardio. I have logged some very large active minutes just doing housework. I have a ONE and an ALTA HR and alternate using them to review active minutes, ONE records only movement so active minutes are accurate using the MET rule but much less than the ALTA. So what is your opinion, movement or heart rate to log active minutes? Apparently when you are very old just twitching quickly counts as exercise!

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[SunsetRunner]

I agree, thanks for the feedback.

[SunsetRunner]

I agree, movement over HR, owning a house helps with movement for the
interior and exterior maintenance. 30-45 min. dog walk 365 helps. Bilevel
w/14 stairs helps legs. Bike ride 200 miles/yr. I see too many seniors
shuffling and hunched over for failure to exercise.
Octogenarians rule!

[Colinm39]

@SunsetRunner  That's why I keep moving.. I saw one of my distant neighbors sitting on a fence near us catching his breathe after a short walk.  He stagger walks, and rests, but he is trying and it looks like his doctor has told him to get active. Where I shop for our vegetables, there is a Doctors Surgery over the road and the number of people I see staggering in/out of there, many younger than me, really brings the message home..

Keep it up, and with that activity, your baseline will be the trend in your RHR..  

My daughter asked me what I wanted for my 80th... My Reply... "Another 10 years please.."

When I mow our lawns the Ionic always picks the exercise up as Outdoor Bike... Pruning, general gardening, raking and sweeping, it picks it up as Sport..

When you think about the movements, that is fairly accurate..  Probably assumes the general gardening is Field Hockey or similar. Maybe a bit of tennis.. all combined as Sport..  The mowing, HR up, movements less than walking pace, and hardly any movement in the arms..

I'm off to bed now, 11-30pm here and Mothers Day tomorrow..

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@SunsetRunner wrote:
I agree, movement over HR, owning a house helps with movement for the
interior and exterior maintenance. 30-45 min. dog walk 365 helps. Bilevel
w/14 stairs helps legs. Bike ride 200 miles/yr. I see too many seniors
shuffling and hunched over for failure to exercise.
Octogenarians rule!

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[SunsetRunner]

Building on @Colinm39 post, I see folks in my neighborhood attempt their daily walk, obviously with the idea of heart rate or speed in mind. They go about 1/2 mile, then I see them hunched over with their hands on their knees wheezing and gasping for air. Instead of walking for "benefit", they are pushing themselves too hard. I would rather walk three times the distance at a comfortable pace than to punish myself well outside my limits.

[WendyB]

@SunsetRunner  I see this all the time in the morning.  I  do a DVD  boxing video and open the window and catch people walking. Some really push them-self on the way out and are slow going on the way back. Enjoy the walk  go further. Its better for you in the long run

[Colinm39]

@WendyB   My very fit son made a comment after I was watching the TV.. The program included, "How long do you have to walk to work off a can of Solo or similar ?"....=  76 minutes..

My son was walking through the lounge room and said.. "Why the effort, you can probably sleep it off in just over 4 hours"..

This is the boy who rides his road bike 2 hours a night.. Like our Len W......

[WendyB]

LOL @Colinm39 

[Colinm39]

@WendyB  Thanks... Is this your late Saturday night "reading".. ?

Just after 3pm here, and waiting for my eldest daughter to come for Mothers Day..

Sleep well....

[WendyB]

@Colinm39It probably was I read before going to bed. Enjoy your Mothers Day!

[Colinm39]

@WendyB  What about you today... bright and early and welcoming in Mothers Day.

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@WendyB wrote:

@Colinm39It probably was I read before going to bed. Enjoy your Mothers Day!

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[WendyB]

Caught again 😀 I read my mail and answer from my phone while I'm on my exercise bike 😀 @Colinm39 

[chrisl1628]

both

10000 steps with a fast/high heartrate is obviously better than 10000 steps with a low heartrate

but I'd say steps, because you are moving your muscles etc