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Weight Loss Forum / General Topics / May 2007Walking v Jogging
I am trying to lose weight and I have started walking (at a fast pace), I know that it is better on your joints but will I burn more calories jogging? >I am trying to lose weight and I have started walking (at a fast > pace), I know that it is better on your joints but will I burn more > calories jogging? "They" say that you burn roughly 100 calories per mile whether you walk it or jog it. I do not find this to be the case for me, I would say I burn 100 calories jogging and only about 70 walking, according to my Polar HRM. > <squeezeche...@googlemail.com> wrote in message > [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > or jog it. I do not find this to be the case for me, I would say I burn 100 > calories jogging and only about 70 walking, according to my Polar HRM. I think it depends on person's weight. An obese person -- sorry to say like me -- burn more calories. Also if you have been walking say 3 months for one or two hours. Just now I came back from doctor's office, and I walk for about 25 mintues, and bit of running on a race track. My back is sweaty, and so was my underwear. I don't know how much calories I lost but I did have fun. It's good thing I have backup clothes in my office ;) >>I am trying to lose weight and I have started walking (at a fast >> pace), I know that it is better on your joints but will I burn more [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] >or jog it. I do not find this to be the case for me, I would say I burn 100 >calories jogging and only about 70 walking, according to my Polar HRM. Walk faster ;-) (Or jog more slowly.) -- >I am trying to lose weight and I have started walking (at a fast >pace), I know that it is better on your joints but will I burn more >calories jogging? It's a great question,and can be extended to swimming, biking, rowing machine, etc. Are there any rough formulas to calculate approximate calories burned? The independent variables might include: (a) time (length of exercise), (b) average heart rate over that time period, (c) resting heart rate, (d) weight (starting and ending?), (e) age, (f) gender, (g) body type (small, medium, large, ?), (h) BMI, (i) overall activity level (high, medium, low, ???) (j) ambient temperature, (k) ??? -- Generally, I believe the primary factors are age, weight, heart rate, and fitness level. >>I am trying to lose weight and I have started walking (at a fast >>pace), I know that it is better on your joints but will I burn more [quoted text clipped - 20 lines] > > -- >Generally, I believe the primary factors are age, weight, heart rate, and >fitness level. Great, fewer parameters = simpler formula. So what's the formula? c = calories burned (per minute?) a = age (in years) w = weight in kilos h = heart rate (beats/minute, average over the exercise period) l = fitness level (0-10?) c = f(a,w,h,l) = ??? -- >>Generally, I believe the primary factors are age, weight, heart rate, and >>fitness level. [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > > c = f(a,w,h,l) = ??? determined = dim*bulb Bottom line answer - you will likely burn more calories jogging or running than walking. There are two reasons for this. 1. you expend more energy and get your heart rate up higher with the higher impact of jogging/running 2. you cover larger distances due to a faster pace in the same amount of time. If *they* say you burn 100 cals per mile either walking or running, you will cover the mile in a shorter amount of time if you run, therefore if you stick with the same amount of time, you will burn more. (example - you exercise for 30 mins. In that time you will cover more distance running than walking) But what you do for exercise also depends on your current physical shape, weight, ability, etc. I can run, I choose not to because I have issues with cartildge wear in my knees. I keep my running to a minimum, but do continue to encorporate it into my exercise occasionally. I personally prefer cross training. I bike, run, swim, elliptical, stairclimb, walk.... whatever I can do. Keep it different so I don't get bored. >I am trying to lose weight and I have started walking (at a fast > pace), I know that it is better on your joints but will I burn more > calories jogging? > Bottom line answer - you will likely burn more calories jogging or running > than walking. Correct. > There are two reasons for this. > > 1. you expend more energy and get your heart rate up higher with the higher > impact of jogging/running. Has little do to with impact unless you mean (see below) > 2. you cover larger distances due to a faster pace in the same amount of > time. Has nothing do with distance, unless you mean the mass (m) of the object and the speed (v) of the object = energy required > I am trying to lose weight and I have started walking (at a fast > pace), I know that it is better on your joints but will I burn more > calories jogging? http://tinyurl.com/257qem To summarize: just think of each mile as being 100 calories, no matter how fast you do them. Calories may shift 10 per mile one way or the other if you are under/overweight, untrained/elite, running in the heat/hills/flats/rain.  SignaturePhil M. |
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