Do you burn more calories walking a mile or running a mile? Walking is less strenuous, but takes longer. Any data to back it up?

Here's a study I found on the topic. For the record a mile is 1,609.344 meters so this is as close as I could find to a study on one mile of running/walking. Researchers at Syracuse University conducted a study in December of 2004 for the purpose of comparing the energy expenditure of walking and running with equations that predict energy expenditure.As a part of that study the researchers needed to determine whether differences exist in energy expenditure of walking versus running.

The researchers measured the calorie burn of 12 male and 12 female subjects as they both ran and walked for 1600 meters on a track and a treadmill. Each subject ran at one specific pace and walked at one specific pace. The scientists, headed by Jill A.

Kanaley, PhD in the Department of Exercise Science, found that the women expended about 105 calories while running versus only 74 when walking. The men had similar results of 124 calories when running compared with just 88 calories burned while walking. That seems like a big difference, but it is actually even larger.

To get the true number of calories burned from exercise, you must subtract the calories you would have consumed at rest. After taking away those “resting� Calories, the net calorie burn for the women was 91 running versus 43 walking.

For the men the net calories burned was 105 running versus 52 walking. So, in reality, the subjects were burning more than twice the calories when running versus walking.

Here's a study I found on the topic. For the record a mile is 1,609.344 meters so this is as close as I could find to a study on one mile of running/walking. Researchers at Syracuse University conducted a study in December of 2004 for the purpose of comparing the energy expenditure of walking and running with equations that predict energy expenditure.As a part of that study the researchers needed to determine whether differences exist in energy expenditure of walking versus running.

The researchers measured the calorie burn of 12 male and 12 female subjects as they both ran and walked for 1600 meters on a track and a treadmill. Each subject ran at one specific pace and walked at one specific pace. The scientists, headed by Jill A.

Kanaley, PhD in the Department of Exercise Science, found that the women expended about 105 calories while running versus only 74 when walking. The men had similar results of 124 calories when running compared with just 88 calories burned while walking. That seems like a big difference, but it is actually even larger.

To get the true number of calories burned from exercise, you must subtract the calories you would have consumed at rest. After taking away those “resting” calories, the net calorie burn for the women was 91 running versus 43 walking. For the men the net calories burned was 105 running versus 52 walking.

So, in reality, the subjects were burning more than twice the calories when running versus walking.

No data to back up my guess, but common sense seems to indicate that running, regardless of how physically fit the subject actually is, will burn more calories per minute than walking, merely because, as you said, it is more strenuous and the body is using more muscles across a greater range of motion at higher speed. I imagine in a very fit person, walking consumes much less calories for energy expended (this could be interpreted as endurance), resulting in a much greater efficiency than walking, meaning that this person could cover the same amount of ground but expend very little actual energy, and thus consume less calories. Scientifically, the only way to tell would be to measure calorie consumption per unit of time over the distance of one mile for both running and walking.

And of course, this would vary from person to person, based upon their metabolism and physical fitness. And then, there are the "run-walkers" who probably burn a good amount of calories with their exaggerated stride, perhaps even more so than if they ran the same distance, because they are expending an amount of energy comparable to running, but lengthening the amount of time doing so.

How many calories you burn running or walking also depends on your weight and other factors. However, in general, running burns about ten calories a minute, whereas walking burns about five calories a minute. " Running "Multiply your bodyweight in pounds by 0.63 to find your calorie burn per mile.So for example if you weigh 160 pounds, multiply 160 by 0.63 to give the answer 100.8, which means that you will burn 100.8 extra calories per mile.

" Walking "Multiply your bodyweight in pounds by 0.30 to find your calorie burn per mile. So for example if you weigh 160 pounds, multiply 160 by 0.30 to give the answer 48, which means that you will burn 48 extra calories per mile.

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