Calories Burned Running 1 Mile

The weight of an individual is largely dependent on the ratio that they maintain between the calories burned and the calories consumed in a day. Hence individuals who want to maintain healthy weight levels should either exercise more to burn more calories or should consume less calorie rich foods. Those looking to lose weight should ideally try to burn calories by taking up cardio activities such as walking, running or even using machines such as elliptical trainers. Calories burned lifting weights are  a lot lesser than calories burned walking one hour or calories burned running 1 mile or 10 miles because many site specific exercises tend to fatigue only one particular group of muscles or at the most two as compared to walking, running or jogging that tend to give a complete body workout . The calories burned lifting weights are even less when the individual is a recreational exerciser or a beginner who is performing just a few sets or is using relatively light weights. Likewise the calories burned from running 1 mile a day would be more than those burnt by the occasional runner even if he runs for 5 miles. As per most calorie burn calculators an individual can burn more calories by walking briskly for 30 minutes as compared to doing half an hour of ab crunches or shoulder raises, or even bicep curls. Those who take up lifting weights to lose weight should ideally refrain from doing so as they will lose lesser calories over the week and will thus slow down the rate of their weight loss. In fact one can also burn more calories during a workout using weights by also performing various moves that work the lower body such as lunges and squats or even do a circuit style routine wherein they move quickly through a routine involving cardio exercises as well as lifting weights. One may also intensify their workout in order to burn more calories by taking up muscle based workouts such as Pilates or body sculpting. One of the benefits of lifting weights is that it increases the stamina of the individual which in turn will enable them to last even longer during their cardio workouts and in turn burn more calories. Hence most fitness experts will recommend that one insert one to three sessions of weight training in a week to lose weight and the cardio session should continue to remain more frequent and also last for longer periods.  On an average calories burned running 1 mile are anywhere between 100 to 200 calories depending on their speed, weight and the running surface besides other factors.