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Walking vs Running
If you walk 3 miles will you burn off the same cals as running 3 miles?
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"Ignoramus1857" wrote in message
... In article , Joe3000 wrote: If you walk 3 miles will you burn off the same cals as running 3 miles? You burn slightly more by running. Maybe 40% more or so. There was an advert on television here in the UK a number of years ago that said you burn the same amount of energy walking a mile as running a mile. Wouldn't that be the same for walking vs running any distance? -- Remove N0_SPAM_PLEAZE to email It's a spring thing http://www.hookeslaw.com/mydiet.htm |
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On Thu, 25 Sep 2003 23:04:54 +0100, "George"
wrote: If you walk 3 miles will you burn off the same cals as running 3 miles? You burn slightly more by running. Maybe 40% more or so. There was an advert on television here in the UK a number of years ago that said you burn the same amount of energy walking a mile as running a mile. Wouldn't that be the same for walking vs running any distance? If you drive a car at ten miles and hour would you burn the same amount of gas as when you drive it fifty miles an hour? I think one would burn more calories the faster you move. Monte |
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"Montgomery Hounchell" wrote in message
... On Thu, 25 Sep 2003 23:04:54 +0100, "George" wrote: If you walk 3 miles will you burn off the same cals as running 3 miles? You burn slightly more by running. Maybe 40% more or so. There was an advert on television here in the UK a number of years ago that said you burn the same amount of energy walking a mile as running a mile. Wouldn't that be the same for walking vs running any distance? If you drive a car at ten miles and hour would you burn the same amount of gas as when you drive it fifty miles an hour? You are not allowing for the fact that travelling faster gets you there quicker so you are burning more calories but for a much shorter period, therefore it may very well balance out to be roughly the same. If you are talking about travelling for the same length of time while comparing walking vs running then yes you will burn more running and cover a much greater distance. In theory anyway. :-) |
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"George" wrote in message ... "Montgomery Hounchell" wrote in message ... On Thu, 25 Sep 2003 23:04:54 +0100, "George" wrote: If you walk 3 miles will you burn off the same cals as running 3 miles? You burn slightly more by running. Maybe 40% more or so. There was an advert on television here in the UK a number of years ago that said you burn the same amount of energy walking a mile as running a mile. Wouldn't that be the same for walking vs running any distance? If you drive a car at ten miles and hour would you burn the same amount of gas as when you drive it fifty miles an hour? You are not allowing for the fact that travelling faster gets you there quicker so you are burning more calories but for a much shorter period, therefore it may very well balance out to be roughly the same. If you are talking about travelling for the same length of time while comparing walking vs running then yes you will burn more running and cover a much greater distance. In theory anyway. :-) and to counter act that theory - you have the fact that if you plan to exercise for 1 hr (60 mins) and you walk at a pace of 4 mph (a brisk walk) for 1 hr you burn X calories per mile - *4. But if you ran at a pace of 6 mph, you'd burn Y at a rate of Y*6. If Y is already greater than X, then Y*6 is much greater than X*4. And if X and Y are the same - you are still increasing the number of calories burned in the hour by 2/3. |
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On Fri, 26 Sep 2003 12:11:30 +0100, "George"
wrote: You are not allowing for the fact that travelling faster gets you there quicker so you are burning more calories but for a much shorter period, therefore it may very well balance out to be roughly the same. If you are talking about travelling for the same length of time while comparing walking vs running then yes you will burn more running and cover a much greater distance. In theory anyway. :-) are you allowing for the wind resistance? |
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"Ignoramus14977" wrote in message
... visualize walking vs. running. When you walk, your center of gravity stays on the same plane. You barely lift your feet off the ground (maybe 1 cm or so if you practiced walking) When you run, you jump up and down a little with every step. That's much more work per mile. Yes but when you run a mile it is over much quicker than if you walked it. So you are burning calories faster but for a much reduced time. The original question wasn't which one burns the most per hour but which burns the most over a set distance. If it was per hour then yes it's easy to see running would burn more. I'm just repeating what I've read and heard on TV so don't quote me on it. :-) I don't know, I'm only here 5 minutes and I've started something! hehe. :-) |
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"George" wrote in message ...
"Montgomery Hounchell" wrote in message ... On Thu, 25 Sep 2003 23:04:54 +0100, "George" wrote: If you walk 3 miles will you burn off the same cals as running 3 miles? You burn slightly more by running. Maybe 40% more or so. There was an advert on television here in the UK a number of years ago that said you burn the same amount of energy walking a mile as running a mile. Wouldn't that be the same for walking vs running any distance? If you drive a car at ten miles and hour would you burn the same amount of gas as when you drive it fifty miles an hour? You are not allowing for the fact that travelling faster gets you there quicker so you are burning more calories but for a much shorter period, therefore it may very well balance out to be roughly the same. If you are talking about travelling for the same length of time while comparing walking vs running then yes you will burn more running and cover a much greater distance. In theory anyway. :-) Walking requires less power (in the physics term) than running. Both are related to the concept of work (force times distance) however the reason you cover more distance quicker running is because your velocity is higher. A higher velocity requires more power for a given mass. Power is equal to work divided by time. More power requires more energy. Am I being clear? Bahh. Prolly not. I'm an idiot anyway. Hope it helps some! Fancy Pants |
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"Joe3000" *o*m wrote: If you walk 3 miles will you burn off the same cals as running 3 miles? According to http://www.exrx.net/Calculators/Calories.html,and, assuming a 150 lb person: Walking: 2mph (90 mins) 315 cals 2.5mph (72 mins) 315 cals 3mph (60 mins) 300 cals 3.5mph (51.4 mins) 296 cals 4mph (45 mins) 300 cals 4.5mph (40 mins) 310 cals Running: 4mph (45 mins) 329 cals 5mph (36 mins) 326 cals 6mph (30 mins) 360 cals 7mph (25.7 mins) 347 cals 8mph (22.5 mins) 354 cals 10mph (18 mins) 338 cals So, it's practically a wash - one could spend 90 minutes burning off 315 walking calories or spend 18 minutes sprinting off 23 additional calories. Interesting fluctuations depending on speed - though if I understand various other threads on the fitness groups - the higher intensities would have longer lasting after-exercise calorie burns. |
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In article , Fancy Pants NYC
says... "George" wrote in message ... "Montgomery Hounchell" wrote in message ... On Thu, 25 Sep 2003 23:04:54 +0100, "George" wrote: If you walk 3 miles will you burn off the same cals as running 3 miles? You burn slightly more by running. Maybe 40% more or so. There was an advert on television here in the UK a number of years ago that said you burn the same amount of energy walking a mile as running a mile. Wouldn't that be the same for walking vs running any distance? If you drive a car at ten miles and hour would you burn the same amount of gas as when you drive it fifty miles an hour? You are not allowing for the fact that travelling faster gets you there quicker so you are burning more calories but for a much shorter period, therefore it may very well balance out to be roughly the same. If you are talking about travelling for the same length of time while comparing walking vs running then yes you will burn more running and cover a much greater distance. In theory anyway. :-) Walking requires less power (in the physics term) than running. Both are related to the concept of work (force times distance) however the reason you cover more distance quicker running is because your velocity is higher. A higher velocity requires more power for a given mass. Power is equal to work divided by time. More power requires more energy. Am I being clear? Bahh. Prolly not. I'm an idiot anyway. Hope it helps some! Fancy Pants Running takes more energy because you basically lift your body between strides, while you arent' in walking. Working against gravity more. One can walk fast, but I could never get myself to walk fast for a long walk - I'd eventually slow down and be looking around. But if I run or at least jog, I have to maintain some level of effort to continue in that mode. So I always got a better workout running for that reason also. Dunno if that makes sense to others... Banty |
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