2012/05/02, 11:03 AM
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- 2012/05/02, 11:10 AM)
Don't necessarily believe the calculator on the treadmill as being accurate. It is however consistent. Mine tells me that a 66 minute walk on a 15 degree incline at 2.5 mph burns 1200 calories. It tells me that at the same speed on zero incline that I burn about 500 calories. I don't believe the numbers are accurate but I do believe their consistency and I am burning more calories walking a 15 degree incline verses a zero incline. My sweat tells me that.
Your trainer is correct in telling you that an elliptical workout is more effective than the treadmill. But you also have to consider that you are far more likely to stick with something you like than something you don't. My wife likes a high rep full body workout. She is baffled by the fact that I enjoy panting and grunting to lift heavy. We both love walking, swimming and canoeing long distances. We stick with what we do because we like it.
There is a chart mid way down this page. Look at the slowest walk verses the next slowest walk.
http://walking.about.com/cs/howtoloseweight/a/howcalburn.htm
There are a number of walking sights you may want to look at. Their stats vary but they are consistent in that the very slowest walk doesn't have the momentum of a faster walk and burns more calories up to a point. I have found that for me, a medium to slow walk uphill for an hour burns calories effectively. Walk faster uphill or run, you burn even more.
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