Walking really burn more fat than running?? HELP!

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  • toniRAD
    toniRAD Posts: 196 Member
    Everyone is different. I personally believe running burns more fat because your heart rate is higher & your body is moving around more. Years ago, I used to walk literally everywhere I went for hours & hours each day & didn't lose weight. Then I started running outside/on a treadmill every day & I lost a lot of weight in just a month.

    Try both & see what works best for you!
  • SueInAz
    SueInAz Posts: 6,592 Member
    I've always heard it is best to do a combination of walking / running to trick your metabolism. I've heard you burn more doing a combination???

    Yes, I've also read somewhere that you need to start with a warm up walk, start running steadily and increase the pace, then slow down again, walk and start from the beggining. But I'm hardly an expert, I just read somewhere.

    You can't "trick your metabolism" - that's a classic "broscience" idea.
    I think the poster was just trying to express the idea of intervals. Walk/run intervals DO burn more calories than running at the same pace, especially afterward.
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