{"id":56966,"date":"2025-10-28T12:06:08","date_gmt":"2025-10-28T06:36:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.justfit.lk\/?p=56966"},"modified":"2025-10-25T12:29:01","modified_gmt":"2025-10-25T06:59:01","slug":"walking-vs-running-for-fat-loss-which-exercise-burns-more-fat-and-calories","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.justfit.lk\/ta\/walking-vs-running-for-fat-loss-which-exercise-burns-more-fat-and-calories\/","title":{"rendered":"Walking vs Running for Fat Loss: Which Exercise Burns More Fat and Calories?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Walking and running are among the most available exercises in terms of losing fat and improving fitness.<\/span> They both will help you burn calories, enhance cardiovascular health, and aid your general well-being.<\/span> However, when you are interested in losing fat, you may ask, which one is good, walking or running?<\/span> This blog states why walking and running are different in losing fat simply and straightforwardly by expounding on the advantages, limitations, calories burned, and which one best suits you.<\/span> It is written in a manner that is easy to follow, and approximately 1200 words are required to gain in-depth insight.<\/span><\/p>\n

Learning about Fat Burning and Calorie Burning<\/strong><\/h2>\n

To be able to compare walking and running, we should know how fat loss works.<\/span> Fat loss occurs when you expend more calories than you take in that will produce a <\/span>calorie deficit<\/a><\/strong>.<\/span> Exercise can be used to maintain muscle and also to enhance metabolism, but it helps in burning calories.<\/span><\/p>\n

Fat and carbohydrates (sugar) are the two primary sources of body fuel that are used in exercise.<\/span> The form of fuel your body utilizes depends on the intensity of exercise.<\/span> Walking is a higher percentage fat energy burner compared to running, which is a higher-intensity exercise that burns more total calories but less percentage of its energy.<\/span> The only thing that is important to fat loss is, however, the amount of calories that are burned and not whether one uses fat or carbs in the process of burning calories.<\/p>\n

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Calorie Burn: Walking vs.Running<\/strong><\/h2>\n

As compared to walking, running burns more calories per minute since it is more vigorous and consumes more energy.<\/span> An example is that a speed of 9 km\/h burns approximately twice as much as a speed of 7km\/h.<\/span><\/p>\n

If you weigh around 70 kg:<\/span><\/p>\n