Which burns more calories on the treadmill, increasing your overall speed or raising your incline?

Answer 1

The incline. work the muscles that way

Answer 2

raising your incline... intensity is more important than speed. For example, if you walk on a treadmill for 30 minutes at a pace of 3 miles per hour, you will burn 150 calories ( depending on weight ).

If you walk on the treadmill for 30 minutes at a 4 mile an hour pace you will burn 180 calories... a 30 calorie difference.

If on the other hand you walk on the treadmill for 30 minutes with a 5% incline and keep the 3 mile an hour pace, then you will burn 300 calories. Or basically twice the calories by adding an incline. Intensity is more important than speed.

Answer 3

They are about equal in terms of calories. The main thing people do wrong when working at an incline is to set the speed too fast. This causes you to lean back at the wrong angle and forces you to hold on to the handles for balance. This does burn less calories and can cause back problems. The trick to an effective workout at a steep incline ( between 10-15) is to set the speed between 2.2 - 2.5 mph. Then you should lean forward slightly and move your arms as if you are hiking up a hill outside. This burns more calories and trims the thighs more than just a fast walk at a lower incline. If you like, you can do a combination workout by walking fast at a lower incline for three minutes - then "hiking" at a higher incline/lower speed for three minutes. Continue alternating in intervals for 20-30 minutes for a good cardio workout.
p.s. A hiking regimen is what Sheryl Crow credits with her shape - so it obviously works.

Answer 4

It is true that raising the incline will create muscle mass... that muscle mass will in turn help to burn calories. I like to switch it up when I'm on the treadmill... I do like 3 minutes with no incline, then raise it for 3 min... or whatever. It makes it a little less boring and I think it produces greater results.... Not to mention it helps build stamina.. Good luck! Stick with it

Answer 5

Increasing your speed will burn slightly more calories.

However, upping your incline will build muscle, so you'll burn longer, it's easier on your joints and shins, and you'll probably be able to go longer on an incline than at a fast pace.

Answer 6

increasing your speed will help with burning more calories immediately, but a steeper incline will, in addition to burning calories, help develop your muscles more. The more muscle mass you have, the more calories you will burn naturally (muscles require energy to sustain themselves, so if you have more muscles but are eating the same amount on average, you'll be burning calories throughout the day)

Answer 7

Speed. Increasing the incline would promote building more muscle mass

Answer 8

focusing on the number of calories burned during exercise is a waste of time. the focus should be on increasing the amount of "work" performed during training. meaning the focus should be on constantly increasing the distance traveled in the same amount of time each training session. this is how the body becomes more efficient, and the more efficient the body becomes the greater the VO2Max and the higher the metabolic rate will be when the body is at rest

Answer 9

if you are going with the same amount of walking time raising the incline does cause it works more muscles

Answer 10

speed. If you think about it you are not really moving your weight as if you were really walking. The treadmill moves underneath you. If you were really walking then I would say a steep hill could be more of a workout.