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@mayofeb2020

I didn't know that recumbent bike is not good for hip bursitis. I was going to get one. My bursitis really bothered me. My ortho doctor gave me a shot of something but it didn't help. Now I have to think of something else.

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@mayofeb2020 it may not bother everyone, and I plan to try doing it in two shorter sessions rather than one long. That may help, I’ll try to remember to let you know.

@patriciao I was thinking it might be something like that. When my husband and I walked we walked a bit slower than I usually do, but I took a very long, brisk walk with my son when we visited him in February and it didn’t record all the minutes either.

@pollyanne thanks for the suggestion, I may give that a try.

@macto. Two 15 or 20 minute sessions sounds good, I will try that.

@becsbuddy. That is such a beautiful park, we hope to go there again, maybe in the fall if things are resolved by then.
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@mayofeb2020 I think I said I would get back to you about bursitis and the bike. I have been doing it, actually as long as for 40 minutes and it has not bothered my bursitis. I think I must have done a combination of things, or maybe I had done it even longer than 40 minutes. @pollyanne Are you still not using your exercise bike? Maybe you could work up gradually. That's what my sister did.

@patriciao You are right about the apple watch. I checked online and was told if I was not walking briskly enough to get my heart rate I should put it under "other". When I walk with my husband I do that. When I walk alone I go much more briskly so my heart rate gets up well into the range so I use "outdoor walking" then.

@macto I'm not sure if I mentioned this before in this discussion, but my orthopedic doctor said to do the bike five consecutive days and then to take two consecutive days off for recovery. That was after my knee replacement. Now I do not ride for five consecutive days because I do other exercises also.
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