Can Walking Get You Ripped?

If i take a leisurely stroll on the treadmill, for an hour everyday, burning 250 calories and eating a 250 calorie deficit per day.

If you buy into the calorie in vs. out theory, i should lose 0.5kg a week.

Why dont you rather do twenty min of HIIT and you should burn around the same number of calories and Im sure you will feel better after a HIIT session as opposed to a stroll. I hate doing cardio but I do love the energy pump feeling you get after cardio.

Also remember the calorie counts on various equipment differs. You may be burning less than you think you are or even more. When I did bike on my bike last year, a 45 min session would tell me I burnt five hundred calories which is definately far off as opposed to the bike at the gym which would tell me I burnt only two twenty calories. So dont count the calories and rather aim for distance and time or RPM and time

ummm but your leasurely stroll might not get your heart rate up,for my cardio i walk at 5.0km an hour at a 10-12% incline and i find thats more than enough to get my heart rate into the 150-160 bpm range...

and i will burn about 290 calories in 20mins at that so your 1 hour vs my 20mins, i'd go for 20mins

Beesting wrote:

Why dont you rather do twenty min of HIIT and you should burn around the same number of calories and Im sure you will feel better after a HIIT session as opposed to a stroll.

I already do HIIT cardio 4x week first thing in the morning. I am looking for a low intensity workout to do in the evenings, to increase fat burning without overtraining.

djeasye wrote:

ummm but your leasurely stroll might not get your heart rate up,for my cardio i walk at 5.0km an hour at a 10-12% incline and i find thats more than enough to get my heart rate into the 150-160 bpm range...

Why do i have to elevate my heart rate? Surely as long as i'm burning enough calories to create a BMR deficit, i will lose fat, isn't that the theory?

Ok makes sense now. You didn't mention before that you were doing HIIT 4 times a week and that 1 hour walking was in the evenings but now it makes sense. There isn't much fat burning happening though with low intensity cardio unless you were on ECA or clen or some sort of stimulant that rasies heart rate

well think about it dude,when your get your heart rate up you heat your body up,your body uses more fuel and therefore u burn fat,and it only takes u 20mins instead of an hour... walking at a strole is just boring esp for an hour,why not just do 2 20min hit sessions a day and get it done with instead of 80mins to burn probably the same amount or even less calories than the 2 20min sessions....

djeasye wrote:

well think about it dude,when your get your heart rate up you heat your body up,your body uses more fuel and therefore u burn fat,and it only takes u 20mins instead of an hour...

Exactly, so the calorie defict theory is bogus.

Its not bogus if the cardio is HIT or HIIT or even moderate intensity

Beesting wrote:

Its not bogus if the cardio is HIT or HIIT or even moderate intensity

You can't just add a corollary, and say you have to do X Y and Z as well in order for the theory to work.

The theory is if you create a calorie defict you will lose weight, and it's flawed.

I used to take my hydration pack (around 4kg) and go to gym in time to watch my fishing program on TV. Put the elavation at its top and select a decent pace. Take you around 30min and doesnt feel like exercise. Did wonders for my BF.

Just my 2c

Yes if you create a calorie deficit you will lose weight. What dj and I are trying to get across is that the walking stroll is not gonna create this desired deficit which you are trying to achieve. I understand you are burning X calories according to the treadmill but on what basis is the treadmill calculating your calories burnt. Does it incorporate your weight, your height, your heart rate etc or is it basing it on distance and time. You need to consider this

From : www.leehayward.com/am_cardio.htm

"When it comes to "real world" fat loss, few people have more experience than Chris Aceto. A successful bodybuilder and nutritionist to some of the top pro bodybuilders in the world, Aceto is a firm believer in morning cardio. He unequivocally states, "The fastest way to tap stored body fat is to do cardio first thing in the morning on an empty stomach."

Aceto believes that looking at calories only in terms of energy in vs. energy out is "limited thinking." He asserts that there are more factors involved in "real world" results than just energy balance. This all comes back to the old argument, are all calories created equal? "Absolutely not!" Aceto declares. "A calorie is not just a calorie and exercise physiologists ‘freak out’ when they hear this."

"These guys are working from the assumption that it’s just a matter of calories in vs. calories out, period," Chris continued. "With that line of reasoning, they’d be forced to say that if I consume nothing but candy bars and Coca-Cola, and take in 100 calories less than maintenance, I’d lose weight. We know it’s not that simple. You also have to account for ratios of carbs, protein, and fat. Then there’s meal frequency too: From real world results we know you put down more muscle mass from 5 or 6 meals a day than from 3 meals a day. There are more things involved than just calories."

Yes I agree with that. There are many factors that will contribute to fat loss. The metabolic process is a complex one.

BigDave wrote:

From real world results we know you put down more muscle mass from 5 or 6 meals a day than from 3 meals a day. There are more things involved than just calories."

Just for the record you need to keep research broad and be critical of everything you read. This thing about five to six meals vs three meals is controversial so you need to be open minded with regards to everything in life

I've been searching through videos on YouTube and most top pro's seem to use walking on a treadmill as their cardio.

You won't find Jay Cutler doing HIIT, he'll tear an ACL.

Even ronnie does his walking on a treadmill, and that is low intensity walking

Um... Do you know how big those guys are?
Well WTF else would you like them to do?


What works for them is very different to what works for you...

Those guys are super huge that just to lift their legs off the floor is already a leg workout for them.

That huge size cant be healthy for your body or the heart.

Nope its not healthy. Your organs have to function ten times as hard just to support that kind of body weight