Does active 10 app record walking gradually up steep hills as brisk walking? I’m now 77 and have been using the app several years

[PeakFit]

I’ve had Covid, pneumonia (twice) with complications and now high blood pressure with chest pains. Obviously this is all under treatment. I live in the Peak District and for a long time have daily clocked up between 5 and 7 Active 10s. Whilst I recover (hopefully) I’m aiming for 3 Active 10s per day.

I walk naturally briskly compared even to younger people and steadily uphill. The hills have become more difficult from March to this Autumn so common sense tells me I should be easier on myself. I would like to know if walking steadily uphill is measured as brisk by the app?

[CBDB Administrator]

huh! I have no idea, but I would guess it doesn’t actually, although it should. But I have feeling you might be in the best position to try this out and let us know, as you recover.

Sad to hear you have still Covid related health issues. We walkers and runners are often too impatient with the speed our bodies recover, and Covid has thrown another wrench onto this mix!

So sending you loads of patience. Take it slow and steady.

(Love the Peak District. We’re living not too far away from the Southern parts, and I’m constantly thinking we should explore it much more than we do)

[PeakFit in reply to CBDB]

Thanks for your reply! It’s encouraging to at least have somewhere to swap ideas and experiences. Having suffered with one health set-back after another I’ve gone from very fit (for my age) to doing the best I now feel able to ie at least 3 Active 10s per day but I do strongly feel that any pace you can manage (uphill or down) is helping if it gets your heart and lungs working even if it doesnt appear as brisk walking. That said I think I’ve learnt that as you say more “slow and steady” is very important during recovery and shouldn’t be ignored. I’ve going to have advice from an nhs consultant soon so I will pass that on if applicable. My aged dog and I may have both been on “short walks” this summer (he got run over by a cyclist on a field footpath) but the app has been as useful over the years as any expensive gadget.