Does running burn more calories than walking?

Answer 1

Depends on if you measure by distance or by time.

Running will lead to a higher increase in heart rate, but you will travel faster.

Walking will lead to less of an increase, but you will travel slower.

If you're measuring by distance the two options usually come out pretty much even.

Now, if you were to talk about time instead of distance, then running for the same time as you'd otherwise have been walking would see you using up more calories.

When it comes to burning calories, your heart rate is much more important than what it is that you are doing.

If you can reach and sustain the same heart rate for the same amount of time you will burn pretty much the same amount of calories regardless of activity.

The way this works out is that if you walk or run for a set time, then running will use up more calories.

But if you walk or run for a set distance, there usually isn't much difference.

Running gets your heart rate (and your calorie burn) up higher, but as you're traveling faster, you're also through sooner.

So it's usually pretty much a draw between a shorter but higher burn and a longer but lower burn.

It's usually not much of a difference. Running will lead to a higher increase in heart rate, but yoy will cover the distance faster. Walking will lead to less of an increase, but you will spend more time covering the distance. Usually the two options pretty much come out even.

Answer

It's pretty much a draw.

Running uses up more calories per unit of time, but you get through the mile faster. Walking is a slower burn, but the mile takes longer to finish.