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Note that the article describes "walking moderately for 30 or 60 minutes". I'd be curious to see how high-impact exercise like running would make a difference.
by commandlinefan 6y ago
Note that the article describes "walking moderately for 30 or 60 minutes". I'd be curious to see how high-impact exercise like running would make a difference.
- rongenre 6y agoWalking 30-60 minutes a day is basically "get a dog"
- derbOac 6y agoIt's hard to say although last time I looked into this literature really deeply, it seemed like distance was kind of the key. That is, most health gains could be equated by distance in that whatever gains you'd get from 1 hour of walking, epidemiologically speaking, would be accrued by running the same distance that's covered in that hour of walking (on average or whatever).
- Raidion 6y agoWork = Force * Distance. Practically you're more efficient walking than you are running, but walking is nearly as effective as a calorie burner as running, it just takes longer.
- 6gvONxR4sf7o 6y agoWhen it comes to muscles, is force times distance particularly useful? If it were, holding a plank or a squat for hours would be zero work.
- carlmr 6y agoYeah, it would be interesting to have HIIT, running and walking with the same calorie count, to see whether the type of exercise makes a difference, too.