6 miles a day or high intensity workout?

jackdaniels1234123
jackdaniels1234123 Posts: 89 Member
in Fitness and Exercise
I've started walking 6 miles a day 5-6 times a week, my legs ache afterwards (particularly at the top!) but i don't obviously feel out of breath like i do after a 40 min Jillian Michaels high intensity dvd. Obviously the walk is more time consuming (it takes me one and a half hours).

My question is am i better sticking to my 6 miles or switch to doing a 40 min circuit dvd instead? or try and do both ? (but i don't know whether my body will allow me or time!!)

I'm wanting to lose weight.

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  • jackdaniels1234123
    jackdaniels1234123 Posts: 89 Member
    Anyone?
  • JenMc14
    JenMc14 Posts: 2,389 Member
    Do whichever you like. Diet is the key to weight loss, not the workout you do. Cardio and a good strength program are important for health and aesthetics, but not weight loss. You do them on alternating days if you like both.
  • jc1961AA
    jc1961AA Posts: 283 Member
    Do them both, one day walk the 6 miles, and the next do the HIIT session, this will get you fitter. Try to drop your time on the walk by maybe a minute at each session.
    JC
  • Showmm
    Showmm Posts: 406 Member
    Do Jillian about 3-4 times a week and the walk on 1 or 2 of the "rest" days.
  • cwolfman13
    cwolfman13 Posts: 41,865 Member
    Do whichever you like. Diet is the key to weight loss, not the workout you do. Cardio and a good strength program are important for health and aesthetics, but not weight loss. You do them on alternating days if you like both.

    ^^^This^^^

    Exercise for fitness; use your diet for weight control. Set fitness goals that are independent of you weight loss goals and that will help steer you towards the types of exercises you need to do.

    Walking is great...I do a lot of it as a form of recovery cardio on lifting days because anything more intense takes away from the gains I could have otherwise had during my lift session.

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