Yoga Articles Walking Exercise

• Tweet
• 

...burned by running? And what about calories burned while cycling? Most people want this information, if only to choose the right activity. While running expends more than 50 percent more calories than walking, it is also a high intensity exercise not advisable for people with back or knee problems. You can achieve a similar degree of success with your weight loss with a moderate intensity workout like walking.

To give you an example, let us compare the calories burned while performing various activities. However, you do want to keep in mind that various factors like your age, gender, metabolism, body mass index (BMI), level of physical activity (including speed, distance, terrain and so on), affect the amount of calories you burn.

• Your total calories burned walking one mile level distance if you weigh 150 pounds is close to 80 calories
• Your total calories burned running the same one mile distance if you weigh 150 pounds, is close to 115 calories
• Your total calories burned cycling the same one mile level distance if you weigh 150 pounds is close to 200 calories

While the calories burned walking was calculated at speeds of 3 to 4 miles per hour, at 5 miles per hour and faster you will notice more calories burned walking than running. Walking at a very fast pace pushes the body to move in ways it was not designed to move. An average human walking speed is about 3 miles per hour. The brisk walking routine boosts heart rate, oxygen consumption, and accelerated calorie burn.

Now that you have a basic idea of calories burned during various activities, you can choose a routine that fits your lifestyle. Make your exercise more engaging and find out calories burned with a walking calculator. There are various free and subscription based online walking calorie calculators that help you determine your total calorie burn as well as your net calorie burn. Alternately, you can also invest in a digital calorie calculator that will help you keep track of your average calories burned and a daily update. As you burn more calories through walking, keeping track of your weight loss will prove motivating.

Read more articles from the Walking Exercise Category.