Speed, distance or time...

shortntall1
shortntall1 Posts: 333 Member
edited November 2024 in Fitness and Exercise
which is most important for race walking for the most calorie burn? TY in advance!! :)

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  • _Waffle_
    _Waffle_ Posts: 13,049 Member
    Distance is the biggest factor in calories burned. Speed just let's you do that distance faster.
  • jacksonpt
    jacksonpt Posts: 10,413 Member
    _Waffle_ wrote: »
    Distance is the biggest factor in calories burned. Speed just let's you do that distance faster.

    Agreed.
  • shortntall1
    shortntall1 Posts: 333 Member
    thanks!!
  • No_Finish_Line
    No_Finish_Line Posts: 3,661 Member
    that makes sense.

    walk X distance you would burn X calories. And while walking faster might burn slightly more cals but you're done faster so it might not amount to much more.
  • _Waffle_
    _Waffle_ Posts: 13,049 Member
    No_Finish_Line wrote: »
    that makes sense.

    walk X distance you would burn X calories. And while walking faster might burn slightly more cals but you're done faster so it might not amount to much more.

    True. You burn X calories exerting X effort over time. If you walk 20 minute miles you end up exerting half the effort twice as long as someone that runs a 10 minute mile so it evens out and ends up being the same. Of course the person running probably ran 2 miles while you did 1 and got twice the calorie burn that you did. :wink: That's the upside to running the distance vs walking.

  • UltraRunnerGale
    UltraRunnerGale Posts: 346 Member
    Yup!! Distance! B)
  • kozykondition1
    kozykondition1 Posts: 45 Member
    _Waffle_ wrote: »
    Distance is the biggest factor in calories burned. Speed just let's you do that distance faster.

    Incorrect. Race walking is a different beast than most forms of cardio. The movement becomes more inefficient the faster you walk. Jogging, running, and normal walking all maintain their efficiency as speed increases, except for the slight increase in wind resistance. Strides increase in length. For race walking and power walking, strides decrease in length. And your arms pump harder.

    Race walking and power walking burn more calories than jogging at the same speed. And speeds can be comprable.
  • ninerbuff
    ninerbuff Posts: 49,061 Member
    _Waffle_ wrote: »
    Distance is the biggest factor in calories burned. Speed just let's you do that distance faster.
    Well that can be debated. If someone walked 10 miles at 2.5 mph, versus the same distance at 4.0 mph, then more significant amount of calories will be burned going faster.

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