Burn Calories and lose weight by walking

Most, if not all, of us know that exercise is the best way to burn calories, lose weight and get into shape. However, most of us are too lazy to do so. Many people hate running and biking because they feel like they are running out of air after exercising. For those people there is a solution to
lose calories and pounds and this is by walking. Even though it does not burn as much calories compared to running, it could also help burn a fair amount of calories and it is safer especially to those people who have joint problems.
The amount of calories burned through walking varies on the speed, the type of terrain and the amount of load carried by the person. Obviously, walking in top speed, uphill, and with a heavy
load allows a person to burn more calories than a normal walk in the park. This article enumerates the amounts of calories burned by a 70 kilogram man with each variety of walk.

Type of Walk	Calories burned per hour
Walking with a backpack	490
Walking downstairs	210
Cross country Hiking	420
Walking upstairs while carrying 1 to 15 lbs. of load	350
Walking upstairs while carrying 16 to 24 lbs. of load	420
Walking upstairs while carrying 25 to 49 lbs. of load	560
Walking upstairs while carrying 50 to 74 lbs. of load	700
Walking upstairs while carrying 75+ lbs. of load	840
Rapid Military Marching	455
Walking uphill with 0 to 9 lbs. of load	490
Walking uphill with 10 to 20 lbs. of load	525
Walking uphill with 21 to 42 lbs. of load	560
Walking uphill with 43+ lbs. of load	630
Walking while carrying an infant or a 15 lbs. load on ground level or downstairs	245
Loading and unloading a car	210
Walking with crutches	350
Walking while pushing or pulling a stroller with a child	175
Race walking	455
Pleasure walking	245
Walking to a neighbor’s house	175
Walking the dog	210
Walking to and from an outhouse	175
Nordic Walking	412
Walking downhill at 2.5mph	196
Walking 5mph	560
Walking in a ground level, very slow pace at less than 2mph	140
Walking in a firm surface, slow pace at 2mph	175
Walking in a firm surface at 2mph	210
Walking in a firm surface, moderate pace at 3mph	231
Walking on a grass track	350
Walking uphill 3.5 mph	420
Walking in a firm surface, very brisk pace at 4mph	350
Walking in a firm surface, very brisk pace at 4.5mph	441
Walking on treadmill 3.5mph	266
Walking around the house	140
Walking for pleasure or work break	245
Walking to work or to class	280
Walking from car or  bus to destination	175
Walking while bird watching	175
Walking while pushing a wheelchair	280

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