Walking enthusiasts and running gurus each claim to offer greater health benefits. Many websites help you make sense of the truth and the science comparing walking and running.
Walking is working at a lower intensity, requiring less “quick” energy, so you experience a higher percentage of fat being burned off walking.
Running burns more calories because you are working at a higher intensity.
Increases in walking speed dramatically raise calorie burn per mile as well as per minute. Indeed, at about 12:30 per mile, walking hits a point where it burns about the same calories/mile as running. Walk faster than 12:30 and you will burn more calories/mile than running at 10:00 pace.
This week, let’s stop arguing. Just as apples and oranges both offer good health benefits, so do walking and running.
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