You like treadmill and you want to boost up your calorie burn then how about this:
By increasing your walking pace from a leisurely 3.5 mph to a brisk 4.5 mph, you can increase calorie burn by 33%. Pump it up another 0.5 mph and you'll increase it by 50%.
What's more, researchers have discovered that walkers can burn just as many calories as runners doing the same speed when they go above 4.5 mph.
Listening to some peppy music can help you pick up the pace. For a walk that's about 4 mph, listen to music that's about 140 beats per minute (bpm): techno pop, big band, classical, jazz, square dance, polka, or Broadway Show tunes. For an even speedier stride--about 5 mph or 170 bpm--try Dixieland, boogie-woogie, jazz, national jive, classical, Viennese waltz, bluegrass, or jungle music (drum and bass).
If you don’t have a treadmill or you can’t afford going to a gym you can apply the same principles in outdoor walking.
By increasing your walking pace from a leisurely 3.5 mph to a brisk 4.5 mph, you can increase calorie burn by 33%. Pump it up another 0.5 mph and you'll increase it by 50%.
What's more, researchers have discovered that walkers can burn just as many calories as runners doing the same speed when they go above 4.5 mph.
Listening to some peppy music can help you pick up the pace. For a walk that's about 4 mph, listen to music that's about 140 beats per minute (bpm): techno pop, big band, classical, jazz, square dance, polka, or Broadway Show tunes. For an even speedier stride--about 5 mph or 170 bpm--try Dixieland, boogie-woogie, jazz, national jive, classical, Viennese waltz, bluegrass, or jungle music (drum and bass).
If you don’t have a treadmill or you can’t afford going to a gym you can apply the same principles in outdoor walking.
Abstracted from "Prevention's 300 Secrets" (2000).
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