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Incline walking. Burns as many (or almost) calories per session as running, but it's much easier on the knees.
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quote:Originally posted by Sphinx: Incline walking. Burns as many (or almost) calories per session as running, but it's much easier on the knees.
As long as your incline walking sessions last 33% longer than your running ones. (If your walking speed is 4 mph and running speed 6 mph) Which is a fast walk and a slow run.
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quote:Originally posted by Sphinx: Incline walking. Burns as many (or almost) calories per session as running, but it's much easier on the knees.
As long as your incline walking sessions last 33% longer than your running ones. (If your walking speed is 4 mph and running speed 6 mph) Which is a fast walk and a slow run.
Really? What does the angle of incline have to be?
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If you walk a mile at a 5% angle at 4 mph it will take you 15 minutes and you will burn 133 calories if you are 155 lbs. If you spend 10 minutes running a mile at 6 mph you will burn about 120 calories.
Change the weights around and the numbers will change. You can look up calorie calculators online, there are a slew of them for all kinds of activities.
Incline walking is a great option as long as you put in the time. You could probably lose some good weight if you worked yourself up to an hour a day and had a decent calorie intake. I've never tried it so I don't know how hard it is. I usually just run.
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