Comments on: Does Running Burn More Calories Than Walking?

By: Is Speed Important? | I Quit... Again!

Is Speed Important? | I Quit... Again! — Thu, 14 Apr 2011 15:57:25 +0000

[...] 5 hours or 10 hours – who cares? My overall goal is to lose weight and from my research, running does burn more calories than walking but faster is only a better choice in particular [...]

By: nomad

nomad — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 06:06:28 +0000

Running a mile in 12 mins burns the same calories as walking it in 12 mins. Bottom line if you get a good walking pace it’s as good as running minus all the pain on joints plus you can walk father and burn even more calories. Walking for 2 hours burns more calories then running for one hour. How do you like them apples.

By: dsackr

dsackr — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 20:42:08 +0000

I learned a lot while doing the research – most of it was too technical to be any practical good but the point I took away was that if running hurts, walk – you will see the same calorie benefit over the same distance.

The truth is, if you hate to run, you will quit and get no benefit. The goal is to change the tempo of your LIFE, not your workout. The more active you are, the more likely you are to keep losing weight in the long ‘run’ – pun intended!

By: Jessie

Jessie — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 20:22:32 +0000

Timely post D- I had been assuming that when I was running I was burning more cals (then I noticed the #s on the treadmill’s calories burned meter wasnt really moving any faster when I increased my speed..

I have found I need to do what is just a little above my comfort level for me to be able to a-get the benefits of it and b- keep doing it so I reach a goal

I tend to walk a half lap and slowly increase the speed until I am at a comfy brisk jog (with my short legs its a pretty low number on the speed meter) Then when I am in my final lap (this is what I love about my treadmill over walking the neighborhood) I increase my speed more and try to full on run the last half lap (those bleeps indicating my lap completion TAUNT me at the end every time)

By: Donella

Donella — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 14:41:53 +0000

I guess this is why mall- walking is so popular with the “joint-replacement” demographic.

By: dsackr

dsackr — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 00:19:28 +0000

I found it interesting, I’m glad you did too. I’ve been walking everyday since (when I was running I only ran a couple of days a week.)

By: Amy

Amy — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 18:12:17 +0000

Definitely food for thought! Glad you’re enlightening us!

By: dsackr

dsackr — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 16:10:12 +0000

Hey Chris! Thanks for the comment! Glad you stopped by…

By: Chris Hurst

Chris Hurst — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 15:52:03 +0000

What is best is to jog first to get your heart pumping at a higher rate than is usual, then slow down to keep your heart at that target rate. That keeps it pumping to burn calories, but it isn’t exerting it and causing it to hurt. I normally jog at about 6 MPH for a few minutes to get my heart up to 130, and then slow down to around 5 MPH and keep that pace for the rest of my time, this allows for a better calorie burn, while also exercising my heart.

When you are trying to loose weight, if you “tone” or slowly build your muscles, you are actually causing your body to continue the work out after your work out. When you do high rep, low weight lifting the muscles are torn apart and new grow. This repairing of your muscles will continue to burn calories through out your day.