Thread: How can walking help... and sum questions- answers would be apperciated.

walking will burn calories which might result in a caloric deficit which is what is resposible for weightloss of any kind.

all the diet questions should really go into the diet forum, but posting your whole routine on here will help us help you with your routine which doesn't sound very thought out at all. instead of going 1x/week for 3 hours you should try and go 3-4 times a week, for maybe an hour or so. 2-3days of weight training and 1-2 of cardio will give much better results.

id love to walk for a hour but i get bored... when i walk- its boring for me... i cant listen to music on cd since im deaf.... so i go for 20-30 minutes walking in the morning and evening like 5-6 times a week.... plus im on the swimming team so i have 2 hours practice after school.

Originally Posted by americandreams2

id love to walk for a hour but i get bored... when i walk- its boring for me... i cant listen to music on cd since im deaf.... so i go for 20-30 minutes walking in the morning and evening like 5-6 times a week.... plus im on the swimming team so i have 2 hours practice after school.

seems like you get enough aerobic activity if you ask me. with the 2 hour swim practices, i doubt walking will make much of a difference. just start lifting and the gains will be 10 times better than walking. if you don't want to lift you can do sprints or some other form of interval training.

As usual, Yanick's advice is spot on. However, the limiting factor is going to be your diet. Check out the diet section; there is a wealth of information available.