> in the range of an average resting heart rate Nope. https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nhsr/nhsr041.pdf https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nhsr/nhsr041.pdf Even for

> in the range of an average resting heart rate Nope. https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nhsr/nhsr041.pdf https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nhsr/nhsr041.pdf Even for someone who's 60+ and in poor shape it's unlikely to be that high, so getting it up to 100 would be an improvement and have positive health effects. 100bpm doesn't even count as zone 1 for me, but even so a half hour or more of walking at a pace sufficient to sustain that is clearly better than remaining stationary.