Walking is good for the horse and also for the rider. Yesterday, hubby and I walked 3.25 miles in 1 hour 15 min. Our max speed was 4.3 mph. Sometimes, it's hard to get a QH to walk out that fast. But now I know if I can walk that fast, my horse better pick up speed at the walk!
Now, how many calories do you burn while walking? For the mileage, at a moderate fast pace, I burned 224 calories and hubby burned 345 calories, based on our weights. It doesn't seem quit fair that I walked the same and burned less calories??? (321 calories at another source that I goggled for both our weights).
From yesterday, it takes burning 3500 calories to lose a pound. We burned 100 calories in 10 minutes on the eliptical machine. Today, I worked 15 minutes, burning 150 calories. I would need to use the machine 50 minutes for 7 days to burn off 1 pound. I'm also adding in some weight machines, which should burn off some calories. My goal is to work 30-40 minutes on the elliptical and 20 minutes on the weights, and while watching my food intake, see if I can lost a pound a week.
I just read where it's not safe to lose more than 2 # a week. Slow and steady is better. It sounds like I'm conditioning a horse!
Horses walk faster when they're going in the direction they want to go; towards the barn, the trailer, etc.
ReplyDeleteThat is for sure. Turn them towards the barn and other horses and they can go from 3 mph to 5 mph in a heartbeat! LOL
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