Can brisk walking or power walking help you lose weight? How often and for how long should you brisk walk to lose weight?

Power walking: How many times per week and for how long should we brisk walk to lose weight?

Find out more about brisk walking or power walking for weight loss!

While regular physical activity combined with a healthy diet helps to slim and tone the body, some disciplines are more effective than others at helping you lose weight. What about brisk walking and its calorie burn? How much time and how many sessions per week should you spend brisk walking to lose weight and get results? Here are some answers.

Calories burned by brisk walking!

Thanks to the cardio-vascular work involved, brisk walking helps to burn fat and calories. On average, an hour’s walking burns 300 calories. What’s more, it helps to strengthen muscles and tone the body. You don’t need to invest in anything, apart from a good pair of trainers, and brisk walking can be done almost anywhere. In town, in a park, in the forest or in a gym, the key is to feel comfortable doing it, so you can do it for at least 30 minutes a day, or 2 or 3 times a weekfor an hour. For those of you who don’t have the time or lack the motivation, incorporate these 30 minutes into your daily activities (walking while taking the children to school, doing the shopping, going to appointments, etc.).

Technique: Brisk walking requires no special technique other than maintaining a speed of 6-8km/h. However, it is advisable to keep your arms outstretched at a 90° angle to improve your propulsion.

What is the metabolic equivalence of brisk walking?

The metabolic equivalent of a physical activity is a statistical unit(MET Metabolic Equivalent of Task) used to express the ratio between the energy expenditure of a physical activity during exercise and the energy expenditure of an individual at rest. Brisk walking , for example, is a low-intensity activity with a MET value of 4, enabling you to burn 4 times more energy than you would at rest, in the same way as physical activity such as brisk horse riding or water aerobics.

Brisk walking or power walking: Which plan should you follow and how often should you do it to lose weight?

Estimates, calculations and weight loss results from several examples of power walking training plans!

Do you know how much weight you lose by doing 30 minutes, 1 hour or 2 hours of brisk walking? How often should you train to lose weight and burn fat? The tables below will give you an idea of your weight loss as a function of weight, duration and number of training sessions per week.

Performance, effects and impact “before/after”: List of power walking programmes over 1 month at normal intensity!