Does it matter how fast you walk in order to lose weight?!
Question: Considering I watch what I eat and calorie intake- can I lose weight if I walk 3 miles an hour for an hour?
Answers: Considering I watch what I eat and calorie intake- can I lose weight if I walk 3 miles an hour for an hour?
Im a NCSF Certified Personal Trainer!!! Yes you can lose weight no matter how fast you walk.
Look at it this way, if you walked 1 mile at a rate of 6mph or if you walked 2 miles at 3mph, you would be getting the same exercise. The reason for this is, that DURATION(time spent on exercise)/ INTENSITY(how hard you worked) ratio. The 1mile at 6mph has low duration but high intensity. The 2miles at 3mph, has Low intensity but high duration....hope you understand what im saying. This is the truth...if your intensity is high it makes up for your duration; if your duration is high it makes up for your intensity.
SO say one day you dont have a lot of time to do your exercise as far as you usually do. Then only walk 1.5 miles and increase the speed to 6mph or as fast is you can go without running or jogging!!! I hope this helps=) good luck keep up the hard work!!!
Oh by the way dont listen to the guy up top that says "IF YOU GO ANY SLOWER IT'S NOT GOING TO DO ANYTHING" That is a false statement! any movement is good for your body, but like i said if the movements arent very fast and your taking you time then make the distance a little longer=)
3 mph is the perfect speed
any less does nothing.
The faster you walk, the faster you jog, the faster run the more your heart rate goes up. The faster your heart beats the harder your body is working. The harder your body is working the harder your breating. The faster your pulse is, the harder your breathing the more calories your burning.
Yes. 3's not bad, but 3.5 or 4 would be better. The faster, the more cals burned. Key is to get your heart rate up and sweat a little. Means you're really cookin those cals.
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