If you walk 1 mile (1.6KM) or run 1 mile (1.6km) which burns more calories?

Answer 1

When I went through a fitness instructor course, they told us that running will burn more than walking the same distance, but that the difference isn't significant enough to count for calculating calorie expenditure. Walking at a moderate pace will burn about 100 per mile, running at a very fast pace will max at at about 125. Jogging burns only 5 to 10 more per mile than walking. They told us just to use 100 calories per mile, regardless of whether it ws walking or running, to calculate calories.

Answer 2

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The default answer is: Calories measure the energy required to move a particular weight (you) a particular distance. As long as the weight (you) and the distance remain the same, the calories expended remain the same. However, which one ultimately burns more then depends on how you yourself cover the distance. For many people, walking is more efficient in motion and thus there are fewer "extraneous" body movements in the process, and the calories burned per mile are slightly lower. If you're comparing a brisk walk versus a slow run, however, things get closer in efficiency and thus remain about the same. If you have comparable running and walking "efficiency" over the same distance, the calories should be identical. Running just does it faster. But most people aren't equally efficient in both activities, and thus walking is often a little bit lower in calories burnt.

Answer 3

Running does, significantly, in most studies. Running is part jumping. It requires you to lift your entire weight off the ground (albeit, not necessarily that far off the ground -- notice how very efficient runners don't bounce). Walking does nothing close. However, walking involves more actual movements, just lower energy ones, and has to counteract more friction since there is more contact with the ground. The actual difference between the two could be a lot more or a lot less, depending on fitness, your running and walking styles, etc. But consider this, it's not so difficult for a person to walk most of the day, but that same person is not likely to go running for over an hour. Similar story for bicycling. Running is efficient, but if you like to be outdoors and have the time for significant hiking or cycling trips on the weekends, they are going to contribute immensely to your overall calorie burning for the week.

Answer 4

Dont worry which burns more calories

Choose the aerobic exercise that you can sustain for at least 3 times a week ... Whether its at the gym swimming walking or running it doesnt matter

There is definitely belief out there that a slower sustained pace is a more effective fat loss Just check the treadmill/exercise bike programs at the gym

As someone with a running bent I always believed James Fixx's theory on the running burning calories after the event

the actual amount of calories burnt will depend on pace and the amount to burn (code for your weight)

Answer 5

The calories burned will be about the same because calorie expenditure is based on the distance traveled and not the time taken to travel it.
What you need to consider though is the residual effects of each. Running will build more muscle than walking over an extended period of time. That will cause your body to burn more calories while at rest.

Answer 6

On average walking and jogging 1 mile burns 100 kcal. The difference is that you can jog more miles in a shorter time than walking. so you burn more running for 30 minutes rather than walking for 30 minutes.

Answer 7

Running burns more calories. Always try to elevate your heart rate to burn calories, walking is still beneficial but not nearly as much.

Answer 8

Running. Actual calorie expenditure will vary on your weight, metabolism and speed etc., but as a rough guide, 20 minutes of brisk walking will burn 90-ish calories, 20 minutes of running will burn around 240 calories, so even if you run the distance in half the walking time, you'll still burn more calories than if you walk it.

Answer 9

It's about the same but over a different time frame. Let's say walking a mile burns 100 calories but takes 20 minutes, if you run the mile it's still 100 calories but it only took 10 minutes to do it. Your body did the same amount of work, it traveled a mile, just over a shorter period of time.

Answer 10

Working on the fact that for 20 mins of excersize, walking burns 80 calories and running burns 90 calories, walking a mile must burn more calories than running one mile. This is simply worked out as you would only walk a mile in 20 mins, whereas you could run a mile in 8 mins (assuming both are leisurely).

Actually quite surprised on finding this out.