Which is more beneficial?

Question

What are the differences between power walking and jogging?
Which is more beneficial?
Which is better for your heart?
Which is better for endurance?
Which is better for fat burning?

(The ultimate goal here is to loose those love handles!)

Answer 1

Jogging will use more calories, be more endurance improving, be more fat burning. Power walking may be less stress on your knees, can still build endurance and you may feel like doing it for longer because you can more focus on your surroundings as you walk and enjoy yourself instead of exhausting yourself.

Answer 2

"Power walking is walking at a speed at the upper end of the natural range for the walking gait, typically 4.5 to 5.5 mph. In this range walking and jogging are almost equally efficient, and the walking gait gives significantly less impact to the joints.

Power walking has been recommended increasingly recently as an alternative to jogging for a moderate exercise regime (say 60% of maximum heart rate). When used in this way, an exaggerated arm swing is also often used."

"Power-Walk. Many people love to go jogging. However, jogging takes a serious toll on your knees, and doesn't necessarily do much more for you than a brisk walk. Thus, we recommend power-walking for exercise. Although power-walking doesn't burn quite as many calories as jogging, most doctors agree that power-walking is better for you in the long run anyway (it exercises more muscle groups).

Try power-walking in areas where you'll have to walk uphill. You'll burn more calories and tone your muscles quicker.

If you don't feel that your heart rate is up quite high enough, try alternating jogging and power-walking. You should be sweating and pleasantly red, but you shouldn't feel as if you've just run a marathon. "

Answer 3

I believe jogging burns more calories, but power walking is easier on the body/joints and is still a great aerobic exercise....

I'd vote for the walking due to it basically not having the negative effects on you that jogging can, due to the impact...

Answer 4

Checkout Nordic Walking on the web - the best of both!

Answer 5

jogging

Answer 6

i think jogging will be quicker.. just because your moving faster :)