Is walking a good aerobic excercise?
Walking can be a good excercise for those new to excercise if done vigorously to keep your heart rate up for a duration of 20 minutes. As walkers become more conditioned, racewalking techniques can be employed to increase the intensity further. As walking speeds get above about 4-5 mph, walking becomes less efficient than running, and as such has a higher energy cost than running at the same speed – thus, walking can be a very effective mode of aerobic exercise. If walking is your choice, you could do more (either longer or more often) and you’d be better off. But is a generally accepted fact that iin order to lose weight you need to burn at least 300 calories each time you work out (those three times a week). *In order to lose weight you need to burn more calories than you consume. 300 Calories per session is a reasonable amount for most people, but if you burn fewer calories in a session you can still lose weight if you’re burning more calories throughout the day on average than you’
