Found out today how to burn more calories while walking.

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  • leggup
    leggup Posts: 2,942 Member
    Wouldn't you burn fewer calories/minute by stopping to pick up the ball?

    If it motivates you to go further/hate exercise less, go for it, but don't kid yourself that you're burning way more calories. If you want to burn more calories, exercise for longer, raise the intensity (speed or increase the weight you're carrying), or go a longer distance.
  • ndj1979
    ndj1979 Posts: 29,136 Member
    how does this burn more calories?

  • 7lenny7
    7lenny7 Posts: 3,498 Member
    OP, I think it's great you're trying to burn more calories, but I wonder if you'd be better off just walking farther , rather than taking longer to walk the same distance because your using the ball.
  • nentecular
    nentecular Posts: 101 Member
    47Jacqueline wrote: »
    Good because the reality is that walking is not particularly good for getting fit. Great to get over being sedentary, but you need to get your heart rate up to get fitness benefits.

    My weight loss and fitness is all through walking. I walk a minimum of five miles per day. Two weekends ago, I walked a half marathon and won ahead of over 500 other people.

    Now tell me again about walking not being good for getting fit.

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  • dexterfan73
    dexterfan73 Posts: 1 Member
    I have been using MFP for 2 years now. Didn't use it much for awhile but these past 6 months I have been very dedicated and have lost 41 lbs! I tracked my calories and WALKED! I walk 4 miles a day about 5-6 days a week at about 3.5 mph. I have never been this fit and healthy in my life and I am 41 years old. So walking has definitely worked for me to get fit!!

  • CricketClover
    CricketClover Posts: 388 Member
    snickerscharlie wrote: »
    mkwrose wrote: »
    mccanns725 wrote: »
    I'm saddened to see someone saying walking is not good exercise. It's great exercise!! I walk at a 3.5 mph rate on a very varied route at home or on an uphill on the treadmill. It does not burn calories as quickly as running. But, it vastly improved my cardio fitness. I aim to maintain my pace and worked to be able to that without my heart rate going above 150. Now it averages 140! Exercise is exercise!

    I am with you mccanns, walking is sometimes the only exercise someone can do, whether it be for physical reasons or monetary. For someone to say that you can't get fit by walking is crazy, I have personally done it as have many, many people on this site. Keep on walkin! :)

    Yup, I'm a walker. Really bad knees prevent me from running. So I walk 8 to 10 miles a day. Every day. I have lost over 30 lbs in 3 1/2 months, am 60, post menopausal with a messed up thyroid (Hashimoto's). If it wasn't for the walking I would have a *very* hard time losing weight because I'd pretty much have to starve myself to compensate for these factors that are conspiring against me.

    So although I get that walking may not be *the best* cardio workout on the planet, for some of us the option is either walk or just sit on the couch getting more obese by the day. ;)

    I also have Hashimoto's, sore knees, and bad ankles. If we can lose weight by walking, anyone can! You just have to get out there and put one foot in front of the other. Congratulations on your lose snickers!
  • brightsideofpink
    brightsideofpink Posts: 1,018 Member
    ninerbuff wrote: »
    Lateral walking (side shuffling) will also work glutes and hips. Do it sporatically on both sides for like 20 feet or so.

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    Thanks for the tip. This could be an excellent way to break up a long walk.
  • Cherimoose
    Cherimoose Posts: 5,208 Member
    joelschneider45066 wrote: »
    I find it very easy to keep my HR in fat burn or even push it to cardio when I want to by just walking.

    You might want to Google "fat burn zone myth". ;)

  • mikedenali
    mikedenali Posts: 181 Member
    SueInAz wrote: »
    Sounds like me playing golf.
    Yup
  • Megeffer
    Megeffer Posts: 48 Member
    AbsoluteTara79 wrote: »
    Aww. I thought for sure that you discovered prancercise.

    This ^
  • naughty2015
    naughty2015 Posts: 3 Member
    I walk 6 ks a day and find it beneficial as a weight loss tool and on weekends 8 ks. Any physical activity contributes to weight loss as long as u adjust your calorie intake. Exercise and less calories. Input verses output
  • jema99
    jema99 Posts: 6 Member
    Saryia wrote: »
    You can also carry weights in a backpack, or some hand weights. I play fetch while walking, as well...but my dog is usually there to go fetch it for me :/

    I am currently doing weights in a bag (started a week ago). Well more a bag of cat litter that weighs about 6kilos or so and am finding it makes me stand up straight more and its working out my core strength.

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