The Art of Walking

Benefits, Style, and Pizzazz of the Primeval Fitness Exercise

First, a few facts:

Time Factor: If you run an hour, you'll burn more calories than if you walk an hour.
Distance Factor: If you walk a mile, you'll burn more calories than if you run a mile.
Fat Factor: Walking a mile will burn more fat than running a mile: a runner burns lots of sugar and carbohydrates to get bursts of energy.
The Joints Factor: Walking is a lot more gentle on the joints than running.
The aerobic benefit Factor: A fast, brisk walk is said to yield comparable aerobic benefits to running, since in walking almost every part of the body is moved.
The Speed Factor: A runner who runs 9.2 miles in 1 hour and 32 minutes burns 920; a walker who walks the same distance in 2 hours and 39 minutes would burn 530 calories. Therefore, the runner burns calories faster than the walker. But CAUTION: A good walker can walk 9.2 miles; but it takes quite a strong runner to run 9.2 miles.

Here are some interesting Web sources on running vs. walking:

I have done some research over the Internet on the topic of walking as a means to achieve physical fitness, and I was surprised at the incredible amount of information that there is on the Internet about walking. You can see the results of my research here.

Do you with to share your experiences about walking or your impressions of this Web site? Please send me a note.

Note: This Web site was developed as an exercise for a class on exploring the Internet at Sac State. The original Web page, which was the basis of the current page you see, can be recovered here.

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