Tuesday, August 09, 2005
How many calories are you really burning?
Caloric Burn Discussion on Running vs. Walking from Runners World
The above article discusses the "physics-al" difference between running and walking, and why they burn different amounts of energy to travel the same distance. Excerpted from the bottom of the article:
What's the Burn? A Calorie Calculator
You can use the formulas below to determine your calorie-burn while running and walking. The "Net Calorie Burn" measures calories burned, minus basal metabolism. Scientists consider this the best way to evaluate the actual calorie-burn of any exercise. The walking formulas apply to speeds of 3 to 4 mph. At 5 mph and faster, walking burns more calories than running.
Adapted from "Energy Expenditure of Walking and Running," Medicine & Science in Sport & Exercise, Cameron et al, Dec. 2004.
The above article discusses the "physics-al" difference between running and walking, and why they burn different amounts of energy to travel the same distance. Excerpted from the bottom of the article:
What's the Burn? A Calorie Calculator
You can use the formulas below to determine your calorie-burn while running and walking. The "Net Calorie Burn" measures calories burned, minus basal metabolism. Scientists consider this the best way to evaluate the actual calorie-burn of any exercise. The walking formulas apply to speeds of 3 to 4 mph. At 5 mph and faster, walking burns more calories than running.
Adapted from "Energy Expenditure of Walking and Running," Medicine & Science in Sport & Exercise, Cameron et al, Dec. 2004. 
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So part of the reason I post this is because running has a specific purpose for me, namely: "To get not fat."
Unlike others of an obsessive compulsive nature, I just need to be more healthy, GPS and running tights be damned.
Unlike others of an obsessive compulsive nature, I just need to be more healthy, GPS and running tights be damned.
Not to put to fine a point on this, but:
If I get to the point where I can run 12 miles every day, I can have a 44 ounce chocolate shake ..... every day.
If I get to the point where I can run 12 miles every day, I can have a 44 ounce chocolate shake ..... every day.
I think I have been away too long. I am incredulous that such a thing as '44 oz. shake' even exists.
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