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Calories Burned Walking A Mile
When
you first start a walking program, one of the most liberating things to
learn is that you will burn 100 calories per mile whether you amble,
walk, run, jog or sprint a mile. Now that is great news!!!
If you are the tortoise OR the hare, you will burn approximately 100 calories for every mile walked. In our fast paced world, don’t worry about how long it takes you to make the finish line.
All you need to do is add a few more steps here and there. Your extra steps will add up to your ultimate fitness goals.
So walk briskly around a track or take a stroll through the mall window shopping for 1 mile. The calories will be the same. Your brisk walk will give you more aeorbic benefits. However, let's face it . . . ANY walking movement is better than being a couch potato.
Don’t set discouraging unrealistic expectations. Start slowly and smell the roses.
Eventually you will be in such great shape that you will want to swing
your arms for added exertion, pick up your pace and skip to the beat of
your Itunes.
Posted by Jackie on September 22, 2005
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This is not true, you do not burn the same number of calories. Claims that walking and running burn the same number of calories generally boil down to a matter of newtons three laws. The claim is that in a "perfect" environment it requires the same quantity of energy to move a unit of mass one mile regardless of speed. This is true, however this claim fails to account for the vertical motion one undergoes when jogging. The vertical motion is what causes our knees to bend when at every step, this is not as prevalent when walking. This means that not only are we moving our unit of mass 1 mile but when jogging we also move our unit of mass up and down, thus it requires more energy to run a mile.
Posted by: Nathan on September 22, 2005
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