Off topic but this board will get the quickest response.

[dropthedeuce278]

Which will help me lose more weight and get me in better shape? Running 2 miles a day or walking 4??? Thanks.

 

[PrincessTitty]

Running is higher impact and will cause more sweating. Sweating is good, fat leaves the body in that fashion. Drink lots of water, not because of dehydration, but because of what I mentioned above.

Walking is good, but low impact won't get the same results as fast. It enough to burn some fat but not at the same intensity as high impact cardio.

I've heard that sprinting and then walking and sprinting and then walking works wonders. That would be a happy medium of the two.

If you are on a bulking diet I would walk. Running will eat up too many of your precious calories.

 

[TxLonghorn]

I've heard that sprinting and then walking and sprinting and then walking works wonders. That would be a happy medium of the two.

That's intervals, and they work very well.

 

[PrincessTitty]

then what i've heard is good news. I haven't done them yet, but might start.

 

[Makaveli_786]

Running a mile and walking a mile will burn the same amount of calories but running effects your metabolism(in a positive way of course).

If youve got a clean diet then just walk, if your diet needs a tune up and you need to tinker with your metabolism then run.

 

[StoneColdNTO]

Moved to the appropriate forum.........

 

[Mudge]

Running a mile and walking a mile will burn the same amount of calories but running effects your metabolism(in a positive way of course).

Oh crap I've debunked that BS twice already, we dont live on a frictionless planet people. If you RUN you are in a MORE INNEFICIENT state, you burn more running but I prefer WALKING for several reasons, one being even dieting I'm friggin 250+.

I would rather do walking, and 4 miles of walking is going to take me around an hour unless I'm hauling ass.

 

[Mudge]

Walking (2 mph) 198
Jogging (6 mph) 654

Here is an example of non-linear expenditure:

http://pwp.value.net/~fitness/sreport1.htm

Sedentary Activities
Lying down or sleeping 90
Sitting quietly 84
Sitting and writing, card playing, etc. 114
Moderate Activities (150-350)
Bicycling (5 mph) 174
Canoeing (2.5 mph) 174
Dancing (Ballroom) 210
Golf (2-some, carrying clubs) 324
Horseback riding (sitting to trot) 246
Light housework, cleaning, etc. 246
Swimming (crawl, 20 yards/min) 288
Tennis (recreational doubles) 312
Volleyball (recreational) 264
Walking (2 mph) 198
Vigorous Activities More than 350
Aerobic Dancing 546
Basketball (recreational) 450
Bicycling (13 mph) 612
Circuit weight training 756
Football (touch, vigorous) 498
Ice Skating (9 mph) 384
Racquetball 588
Roller Skating (9 mph) 384
Jogging (10 minute mile, 6 mph) 654
Scrubbing Floors 440
Swimming (crawl, 45 yards/min) 522
Tennis (recreational singles) 450
X-country Skiing ( 5 mph) 690

If we look at biking which is the same activity where as jogging and walking are NOT the same activity, we only have a difference of inneficiency of the body itself.

13MPH/5MPH = 2.6

2.6*174 (5MPH biking) = 452 calories

Where supposedly 612 calories are burned per hour @ 13 MPH. So we see again, nature is not linear. To believe otherwise is to deny science itself, we do not live in a damn vacuum, we do not live in a world without friction. We are not perpetual motion machines.

You dont get something for nothing on planet Earth! Just as in my so called "non-scientific" example of a car requiring approximately 5 times the horsepower to go 200 miles per hour versus 100 miles per hour.

For anyone living in the past, I'll be burning witches at noon if you'd like to send some my way. Bring your own hot dogs and beer!

 

[TxLonghorn]

For anyone living in the past, I'll be burning witches at noon if you'd like to send some my way. Bring your own hot dogs and beer!

Sweet, finally some good old fashioned entertainment. Be careful though, sometimes the witches get loose a few spectators get turned into newts.

 

[Mudge]

I'm pretty sure I posted that one on this board also, I really dont get how people think you can go faster, and yet there is no increased cost - it is COMPLETELY unscientific to think so. If you WORK FASTER/HARDER it costs more!

 

[Vennom96]

I'm pretty sure I posted that one on this board also, I really dont get how people think you can go faster, and yet there is no increased cost - it is COMPLETELY unscientific to think so. If you WORK FASTER/HARDER it costs more!

That makes sense. Good point.

 

[Frosty]

Yup...interval running is the way to go for fat loss and keeping muscle.

Glucose uptake of muscles after sprinting is so high that comparing sprinting to weightlifting is like comparing weightlifting to speed walking. Sprinting increases insulin sensitivity like crazy...good for fat loss and muscle maintenance.

 

[fr8tren]

i have seen that before and the "sitting quietly--84 cals" cracks me up everytime!! what if you sit and make noise?

sorry , i have a stupid sense of humor

 

[Mudge]

Probably depends how much farting you do while "sitting quietly," and the strain in trying to keep it quiet.

 

[pullinbig]

ah yuguys missd one little item on loosing BF and not muscle. its called nutrition. you can loose BF and gain lean muscle without doing cardio if you know how to manipulate you carbs. that right get stronger and loose BF. i talked to one of my trainees last nght on the phone and he has lost 10% BF in a few months but only lost 4 lbs total. he was 222 now he's 218. so do the math 10% x 222 + 22lbs of fat he lost but gained 18lbs of muscle. his strength is up and his BF down.

I am available for online training if anyone is interested. i specialize in mass/strength training but know the ropes on nutrition to accomplish the above results.