[mick]

Originally Posted by GarthB

For even a less than moderately fit person, no.

I helped my sports therapist and my doctor with an experiment back when I decide to knock off some pounds. I wore a heart monitor while umpiring, officiating football,officiating basketball, bicycling and during my walks.

My sitting heart rate is 58. During baseball games the highest attained was only 78 and then for very brief periods of time, seconds, really. The rest of the game, on the bases it stayed in a range of high 60's to low 70's. Behind the plate it was normally in the low to high 70's.

During football, it rose to the mid 80's and on occassion hit 92. Again, the amount of time spent in the higher ranges was brief. During the rest of the game it stayed in a range of 74-80.

Basketball was better in that my heart rate stayed elelvated in the 80's to mid 90's throughout most of the game with a high of 99.

Bicycling, I can control the rate by selecting a route and speeds. I usually keep the rate between 120 and 132.

I discovered that to make my walks "exercise" I had to pick up the pace to at least 3.5 mph and wear 3 pound weights on my wrists. That raised my heart rate to a range of 112 to 120, again depending on route.

For my level of fitness, my doctor suggests that anything that does not raise my heart rate to at least 110 is more casual entertainment than exercise.

How interesting !
Thanks, GarthB !