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cjsdowg
09/23/24 10:46:52 AM
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I am getting my oil changed and went for a walk while that was happening. And I did two miles. I was all proud since my feet have been hurting I have not been able to walk like that when I use to do half marathons. But anywho did two miles and only wasted 241 calories . Like I know running and HIIT two miles will be better. Just talking about walking. Should have walked to the gym and lifted

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Homeless_Waifu
09/23/24 10:49:24 AM
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Walking sucks, you gotta do it multiple times daily to see results as well as stay committed to a strict diet.

for me, its not really worth that kinda lifestyle change

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emblem-man
09/23/24 10:49:33 AM
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Running 2 miles is similar in terms of calories burned if I recall correctly.
Running/walking for calorie loss is generally not that "efficient". It's why diet end up mattering much more.


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Cemith
09/23/24 10:50:41 AM
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Keep in mind the calories burnt during exercises like walking are in addendum to calories burned in a neutral state. You didn't *only* burn 241 calories that day. You burned 241 *more* calories.

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ReturnOfDevsman
09/23/24 10:51:38 AM
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I do about five miles a day.

I dunno, no way in hell am I running so

Bicycling is ok but it's not safe to do after dark and that's the only time there's time for it.

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pinky0926
09/23/24 10:52:06 AM
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I actually very strongly disagree. Walking is maybe one of the most underrated tools for exercise, for several reasons:

  • it's extremely low fatiguing and low risk of injury, perhaps the lowest of any form of cardio outside of an elliptical or swimming
  • Unlike either of those though you can walk anywhere, and you can insert it into your daily routine. Walk to work, walk at lunch, walk to the gym
  • Because we're such practised and efficient walkers you can walk while you're on the phone, listening to a podcast, etc.
  • Because of all of this you can get in your low intensity cardio without disrupting your training or life routine
You could certainly burn more calories in less time if you ran or did some form of HIIT, but with the barest amount of conditioning you could get to a place where you could walk for hours and hours with little to no problem. The upward trend of calorie burning is basically endless with walking, because the fatigue always remains incredibly low.

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hitokoriX
09/23/24 10:54:32 AM
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pinky0926 posted...
I actually very strongly disagree. Walking is maybe one of the most underrated tools for exercise, for several reasons:

* it's extremely low fatiguing and low risk of injury, perhaps the lowest of any form of cardio outside of an elliptical or swimming
* Unlike either of those though you can walk anywhere, and you can insert it into your daily routine. Walk to work, walk at lunch, walk to the gym
* Because we're such practised and efficient walkers you can walk while you're on the phone, listening to a podcast, etc.
* Because of all of this you can get in your low intensity cardio without disrupting your training or life routine
You could certainly burn more calories in less time if you ran or did some form of HIIT, but with the barest amount of conditioning you could get to a place where you could walk for hours and hours with little to no problem. The upward trend of calorie burning is basically endless with walking, because the fatigue always remains incredibly low.

Great take and info here. 1x or 2x a week I go on a really long walk. It's a great supplement for my gym work.

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ai123
09/23/24 10:55:51 AM
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Walking is great for general wellbeing and activity. I enjoy walking listening to audio books.

But no, it's not a workout. Still does you good though, enjoy it for what it is.

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LeTigre
09/23/24 10:56:29 AM
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there's way more to working out than burning calories tho?

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Kaldrenthebold
09/23/24 10:56:41 AM
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It's actually good, the hell is this topic

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berlyman101
09/23/24 10:58:29 AM
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241 calories is a good number to burn for that amount of work. If you did that every day, you'd burn 1687 calories a week. That's nearly half a pound of fat.

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Raikuro
09/23/24 11:00:49 AM
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Working out isn't only about how swole it can make you
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GeraldDarko
09/23/24 11:00:58 AM
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It helps a lot for cardiovascular health to keep your heart rate up for periods of time, walking is great for that. There's a reason athletes do cardio and strength training. You gotta do more than just lift, if you want to be fit.

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Goldenguy
09/23/24 11:06:41 AM
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I like to sprinkle in copious amounts of incline walking on my treadmill.

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cjsdowg
09/23/24 11:06:47 AM
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I hear what the pro walkers are saying. But my heavy bag and even boxing video game burn so much more. So useless might not be the right word. There seems to be better things. Also ibam hungry as hell now lol.

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CARRRNE_ASADA
09/23/24 11:08:55 AM
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241 calories is a lot

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ai123
09/23/24 11:09:26 AM
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I think that if you reach a point where you are bothered by every minute you are not exercising at full optimal level, you might want to take a tiny step back.

Line between dedication and obsession, etc.

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LonelyStoner
09/23/24 11:09:32 AM
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241 calories just for walking two miles seems like a pretty good trade, tbh

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DrizztLink
09/23/24 11:09:50 AM
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cjsdowg posted...
I hear what the pro walkers are saying. But my heavy bag and even boxing video game burn so much more. So useless might not be the right word. There seems to be better things. Also ibam hungry as hell now lol.
It's not ideal if walking is your only cardio but it definitely helps in conjunction with other things.

Plus calorie loss is only part of it, may not be great for fat-burning but it's helpful for other things like balance.

Spent about a year with a cane due to injury and part of my physical therapy had to include strengthening accessory muscles that had atrophied from the change in my gait. Couldn't balance on one leg at all because the muscles in my ankles couldn't keep me upright anymore.

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pinky0926
09/23/24 11:18:01 AM
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cjsdowg posted...
I hear what the pro walkers are saying. But my heavy bag and even boxing video game burn so much more. So useless might not be the right word. There seems to be better things. Also ibam hungry as hell now lol.

Ultimately when it comes to cardio, the thing you enjoy is always the right answer. Marginal difference in calorie burning or fatigue are secondary to "I actually want to do this and will keep it up".

The net difference is what matters, not the way something feels in an individual session. All this shit takes a ton of time whichever way you swing it. Do the thing you're happy to do every week forever.

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Cheater87
09/23/24 11:19:38 AM
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I listen to music or audiobooks or a podcast when I walk.

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VeggetaX
09/23/24 11:21:09 AM
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CARRRNE_ASADA posted...
241 calories is a lot

LonelyStoner posted...
241 calories just for walking two miles seems like a pretty good trade, tbh


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kirbymuncher
09/23/24 11:22:28 AM
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walking is basically the only sort of "workout" I ever do, mostly because it's a side-effect of doing other things. Could drive or bus to the store? Nah I'll just walk

and then over time the more you walk the more able to become to just walk to further places without getting super tired, it's like self-perpetuating and useful all the time

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RespectWomen
09/23/24 11:24:45 AM
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For the most part, I agree. Weve been walking since two years old, probably not going to fix an obesity problem.

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brestugo
09/23/24 11:24:46 AM
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Kaldrenthebold posted...
It's actually good, the hell is this topic


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Dungeater
09/23/24 11:24:59 AM
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241 cal is a lot

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FolkenRawr
09/23/24 11:28:32 AM
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Cemith posted...
Keep in mind the calories burnt during exercises like walking are in addendum to calories burned in a neutral state. You didn't *only* burn 241 calories that day. You burned 241 *more* calories.

This. But also... I mean, yes. Walking two miles isn't doing really anything. The idea is to walk more, and more consistently.

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GeraldDarko
09/23/24 11:30:06 AM
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And he doubles down
TC has some bad takes lol
Don't think this one is bad as the topic where he felt adjectives were problematic because they include words like fat, lazy, stupid...

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Glob
09/23/24 11:32:21 AM
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pinky0926 posted...
I actually very strongly disagree. Walking is maybe one of the most underrated tools for exercise, for several reasons:

* it's extremely low fatiguing and low risk of injury, perhaps the lowest of any form of cardio outside of an elliptical or swimming
* Unlike either of those though you can walk anywhere, and you can insert it into your daily routine. Walk to work, walk at lunch, walk to the gym
* Because we're such practised and efficient walkers you can walk while you're on the phone, listening to a podcast, etc.
* Because of all of this you can get in your low intensity cardio without disrupting your training or life routine
You could certainly burn more calories in less time if you ran or did some form of HIIT, but with the barest amount of conditioning you could get to a place where you could walk for hours and hours with little to no problem. The upward trend of calorie burning is basically endless with walking, because the fatigue always remains incredibly low.

All of this combined with the fact that two miles is fuck all.
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Sorozone
09/23/24 11:36:35 AM
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Walking is great. I walk around 25000 to 30000 steps a day at my job. Sucks for bulking up though because I have to eat 3500 to 4000 calories to hit my bulk needs.

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Shamino
09/23/24 11:37:47 AM
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Walking is great. Especially if you go off in one direction, because you have to walk back home, meaning you can't just quit.

And 240 calories is a massive amount of extra calories burned.
If you had a neutral intake/outtake of calories and added that 240 per day, that would add up to 1,680 calories a week, or 6,720 a month, meaning you burned over 2 pounds of fat a month. Not too shabby for just walking, not changing diet.

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Hayame_Zero
09/23/24 11:40:28 AM
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For working out, it's okay. Walking at an incline is definitely a workout.

But walking in general is still extremely beneficial health-wise.

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TuxedoCyan
09/23/24 12:25:19 PM
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I've been walking (and later jogging) every day on a treadmill since 2019.

Walking 3.0 mph with 11.5% incline (6.56 angle) for 1/2 mile burns 76 kcal for me.
Walking 3.6 mph with 10% incline (5.71 angle) for 1/2 mile burns 67 kcal for me.
Jogging 5.6 mph with 1% incline (0.57 angle) for 1/2 mile burns 50 kcal for me.

Walking with an incline wins by far, but jogging is much more fun.

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Arcanine2009
09/23/24 12:27:20 PM
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Walking is great and better than doing nothing.

Try fast walks

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pretzelcoatl
09/23/24 12:27:42 PM
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I do about 10 miles a day and it's not so bad. I prefer it to higher intensity cardio
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bsp77
09/23/24 12:28:52 PM
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emblem-man posted...
Running 2 miles is similar in terms of calories burned if I recall correctly.
Running/walking for calorie loss is generally not that "efficient". It's why diet end up mattering much more.
Running a mile burns me about 130 calories and walking is about 100, plus I can do twice as many running miles in the same time.

Running is one of the most efficient ways to burn calories, especially if going many miles. I burned almost 1500 calories yesterday running 11 miles. And that is about 150 calories per 10 minutes.

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ssb_yunglink2
09/23/24 12:31:39 PM
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Walking is a great foundation for eventually doing heavier cardio. It may not feel like much, but as you get more acclimated to walking longer distances your legs do get stronger, as does your cardiovascular health.

It is absolutely not useless exercise, you just need to do more of it if its your primary form of cardio

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SauI_Goodman
09/23/24 12:32:38 PM
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2 hours a day at 15 incline.

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bsp77
09/23/24 12:34:18 PM
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Also, walking is far from useless. Let's say you make a habit of walking just 2 miles a day, which can also be a good time to relax, destress, listen to music, etc

2 miles = 200 calories

200 * 365 days = 73,000

73,000 / 3500 (calories in a pound) = 21 pounds a year

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ItsNotA2Mer
09/23/24 12:35:18 PM
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Kaldrenthebold posted...
It's actually good, the hell is this topic

I mean, did you see who the TC is? It's kind of their thing.

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theAteam
09/23/24 12:38:30 PM
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Exercise in general isn't ideal for controlling calories. That's why the mantra is that weight is lost in the kitchen i.e. eat less.

It is however great for your general health.

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bsp77
09/23/24 1:02:09 PM
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theAteam posted...
Exercise in general isn't ideal for controlling calories. That's why the mantra is that weight is lost in the kitchen i.e. eat less.

It is however great for your general health.
It isn't ideal on its own. But there is no question that running (or other high intensity cardio) sheds a ton of calories if you do at least 30 minutes. Also, lifting helps transform the body and muscle burns calories.

[LFAQs-redacted-quote]

I do know that it isn't perfect at all. But yet they still recommend a 500 calorie deficit a day if pushing for losing a pound a week or a 1000 calorie deficit a day if pushing for 2 a week. So, math...

This isn't meant to be snarky toward you but more toward the experts where they claim something is wrong, don't offer an exact alternative, but then give a general guideline that supports what they negated.

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Pow_Pow_Punishment
09/23/24 1:18:16 PM
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Walking is a fantastic tool. You're improving insulin sensitivity and keeping your metabolic rate high. It's more about the calories burned throughout the day than the action itself.

Calculating calories burned is actually very fruitless. Even going on a run will burn surprisingly few calories during the action itself.

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Trumpo
09/23/24 1:21:34 PM
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I go for an hour long walk on my days off

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bsp77
09/23/24 1:37:39 PM
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People need to stop saying that running doesn't burn many calories. Yes, the below is extreme, but I can burn about 450 calories in half an hour.

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