What is considerd to be exercise?

Helllo there I was just wondering when a calorie calculator tells you something like exercise3 times a week. What would pass as an exerciseactivity. Like how many calories should you burn during each one of those three sesions for it to count as an exerciseactivity? gracias! :)

I'm not sure if you are asking about a tool on the site or a general question?

Usually they say an hour- ninety minutes of exercise, where your heart rate goes up, you break a sweat, ect...  Really doesn't matter what it is, you could be chasing kids and jumping on a trampoline... it's how it effects your body.

If you are asking about a tool can you specify which one?

Are you asking about activity level?

Yes i am refering to activity level, although the whole 1 hour thing helped. If i worked out 3-4 times a week but was seditary other than that what activity level am i?

You are most likely falling into light activity.  You probably are bordering on moderate depending on how intense your workouts are.. but if you truly are sedintary (not walking anywhere, being active) the rest of your day, I would say you are safe with light.

you have to decide ur self what type of exercise u want to do.. and for how long.. site tools recommend 3 times minimum activity in a week.. it advises to be active.. u just have to exercise and log it in ur activity log.. and dont be more deficit than the total daily consumption goal

Hi Silly Bunny, this site can help you figure out what an exercise activity is, and how many calories it burns.  If I were you, I would start out with two or three activities you like to do that make you feel physically tired afterward: walking, playing with a neice or nephew, lifting weights, biking, anything.  Go to the Exercise tab on this site and look up your activity to see how many calories it burns.  The exercise browser also has great lists of activities to give you ideas.

That said, any exercise program should contain three components: cardio, strength, and flexibility training.  The cardio is pretty easy: walking (transition to jogging), swimming, biking, rowing, etc.  Strength training is one of the most rewarding parts, especially at the beginning!  Under the Exercise tab on this site, there are lots of great weight workouts for which you don't need a gym membership.  For some of them you only need a chair!  Flexibility training can be challenging.  I try to stretch for ten minutes (for stretches to do, again, look at the Exercise tab) after every workout, and I like to do a session of yoga once a week.  If I were you, I'd get an instructor even if it's only for a few sessions, so they can help you do things properly. 

As for frequency, I like to do strength training twice a week and stretch afterward, and then I like to do cardio 3-5 times a week for at least a half hour, and stretch afterward.

I hope this is helpful!

Any exercise must be beyond the normal activity of the day.  Don't count everyday things like cutting grass, dusting, working in the yard, or walking all over the place where you work.  Above all, beware of fitness information overload from the internet.

Wifi, that totally depends on what a person's normal day is like.  "Exercise" is a new construct because many people are much more sedentary than they were until several hundred years ago.  Going to the gym is an artificial substitute for hard labour.  So, if a person's job involves that hard labour, there's no reason they shouldn't count that as exercise.  Someone who spends their entire day on their feet gets to count that as exercise.  Someone who sits at a desk all day probably shouldn't count their 2-minute walk to the bathroom and back as exercise.

It's just that whatever "normal activity" would be for the person, they need to bring in activity beyond that, to have increased benefit of exercising.  I know lots of "on their feet all day" people at work, but they undo all that benefit by overeating, and by going home to sit around until bedtime.  It's all the "big picture", imo.