Which is more effective exercise: walking or running?



Many people continue to walk or run to maintain their health or lose weight. Programmer

Joseph Hendricks uses METs , a unit of exercise intensity, to analyze which is more efficient: walking or running.

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METs is an index that shows how many times the energy consumed by various activities, with 1 MET being equivalent to sitting quietly. The more oxygen you consume during physical activity, the higher the METs value.

Below is a table of METs values calculated by the research institute '

Compendium of Physical Activities ' for different walking and running speeds. Basically, the faster you walk and the faster you run, the higher your METs value will be.
METs value speed
Walking 3.0 Approximately 4km/h
3.8 Approximately 4.5km to 5.4km per hour
4.8 Approximately 5.6km to 6.2km per hour
5.5 Approx. 6.4km to 7.0km per hour
7.0 Approximately 7.2km to 7.8km per hour
8.5 Approximately 8.0km to 8.8km per hour
running 6.5 Approximately 6.4km to 6.7km per hour
7.8 Approximately 6.9km to 7.7km per hour
8.5 Approximately 8.0km to 8.3km per hour
9.0 Approximately 8.8km to 9.3km per hour
9.3 Approximately 9.6km/h to 10.1km/h
10.5 Approximately 10.7km/h
11.0 Approximately 11.2km/h
11.8 Approximately 12.0km/h
12.0 Approximately 12.4km/h
12.5 Approximately 13.8km/h
13.0 Approximately 14.4km/h
14.8 Approximately 14.9km/h to 15.4km/h
14.8 Approximately 16.0 km/h
16.8 Approximately 17.7km/h
18.5 Approximately 19.3km/h
19.8 Approximately 20.9km/h
23.0 Approximately 22.5km/h
19.3 km 19.8 Approximately 20.9km/h 23.0 Approximately 22.5km/h

Hendrix also calculated the calories burned per distance for walking and running, and found that the faster you walk the more calories you burn per distance, whereas running is more efficient depending on the distance.



In conclusion, Hendrix said, 'Walking slowly is most effective. But if you absolutely must run, running at about seven minutes per mile is most effective.'

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