METs, Wii Fit Plus, and my routine

[varrin]

When I declared my exercise goal for this year, I specified a minimum of 3 times per week (which I have interpreted to mean seven-day-moving-average), but I did not specify any quantity (time) or quality (exertion?) of exercise I'd get during each of those workouts. I had already developed a routine so I had an idea of what I'd do

Comments

What is the goal?

[tlekas]

What is the goal. There are various benefits of various types of exercise and it is not clear to me that calories burned is a very good measure. Building muscles and muscle tone will cause you to burn extra calories long after your exercise. Cardio as it is named helps build cardio capacity but does not have as much of a long term calorie burning effect. Exercise also tends to have mental health benefits but I am not sure which type is best for that.

You do have a mix which is good. I just don't think that calories or METs is a good measure of the benefit you are getting. However, if it is all you have it is a better measure than nothing.

Re: What is the goal?

[varrin]

You make all valid and useful observations. The routine I built tries to balance several goals, including the muscle (mass and toning) and cardio goals you state. It also puts a bit of focus on stretching and back health (both stretching and exercise) which seems to have had a positive impact in general with range of motion, but specifically with reducing the severity and duration of back (specifically upper back) problems