Air squats vs walking

davidkang3

Which burns more calories? Air squats or walking? I presume its air squats because you're using more muscles but how would they compare like is 50air squats equivalent to walking per say for 10 minutes

jemhh

I ran it through this website and walking said 42 calories for a 150 lb person at 3 mph and squats said 60 calories for a 150 lb person squatting for 10 minutes straight. But 50 air squats may not take 10 minutes so it's not really a good comparison. But the whole question is a bit..can't think of a word so I'm just wiggling my fingers...so the answers are going to be a bit nonsensical as well.

RoxieDawn

Yeah I looked it up to. So for example at a rate of 15 minutes per mile, a 185-pound person would burn approx 67 calories walking 10 minutes and a 125-pound person would burn 45 calories.

How long it takes and at what intensity you do air squats would come into play on how much you burn.

I'm a little stumped on why the question, but if you prefer to do 50 air squats vs walking 10 minutes do that?

jennifer_417

What is an air squat?

SCoil123

jennifer_417 wrote: »

What is an air squat?

Body weight squat without adding my weight resistance

Cherimoose

Walking - only because most people can't or won't do enough squats to burn a significant number of calories.
BUT i wouldn't choose exercises for their calorie burn, because that often leads to an imbalanced fitness routine. Choose exercises based on your fitness goals (strength, endurance, etc), and eat the right number of calories to burn body fat.

pierinifitness

186 lb. (today) man who just finished a brisk outdoor walk of 4.14 miles in 1:02:38. Garmin “said” I burned 543 calories which seems correct to me.

I’ve done high-volume BW or air squats in my training past. Walking is better with a lower risk of injury than volume squatting.

kshama2001

pierinifitness wrote: »

186 lb. (today) man who just finished a brisk outdoor walk of 4.14 miles in 1:02:38. Garmin “said” I burned 543 calories which seems correct to me.

I’ve done high-volume BW or air squats in my training past. Walking is better with a lower risk of injury than volume squatting.

Yup, volume squatting seems like a good way to injure the knees.

rheddmobile

I can't answer the calorie question directly, but as a type 2 diabetic with a glucose testing machine I can tell you the effect it has on my blood glucose, for what that's worth. Walking 10 minutes has an almost negligible effect while 3 rounds of 40 bodyweight squats will drop my levels fifty or more points within ten minutes. In fact I use squats to quickly drop my levels if I accidentally eat too much and they go too high. So working those large leg muscles is indeed burning through energy, even if it's not traditional "cardio."

If it were me I would do some squats and then walk. They are different exercises which work different parts of the system.

davidkang3

Thanks for all the advice!!