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When some types of athletes need to drop weight, one of the strategies they do is to walk at a normal-brisk pace for hours until they hit a certain number of es
by opportune 6y ago
When some types of athletes need to drop weight, one of the strategies they do is to walk at a normal-brisk pace for hours until they hit a certain number of estimated calories burned. The reason they walk is that it has a much lower risk of injury and puts less stress on the body than most other forms of cardio exercise (perhaps excepting a stationary bike) and our bodies are good at naturally finding a pace we can sustain ~indefinitely.
It feels like a bit of a hack when you go for a 2hr walk and end up burning almost 800kcal listening to music, talking to people on the phone, maybe taking care of chores like paying bills.
- acwan93 6y agoJust curious, do you know of any ones that tout walking? I realized this during stay-at-home orders back in March. When I stopped bike commuting I started walking for 1-2 hours a day on days I didn’t go on runs, and realized I was burning a significant amount of calories according to my Apple Watch.
- opportune 6y agoYou mean any individual athletes? Not that I can think of off the type of my head, but by "classes" earlier I was referring mostly to strength-based athletes or any sort of sport where there are weight classes/a need to be lean. So wrestling, weightlifting/powerlifting/etc., probably most fighting disciplines, bodybuilding.
- thirdsun 6y agoPlus, doing hard exercise doesn't always lead to weight loss since the resulting muscle mass isn't exactly weightless.