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It is also with noting that there will be diminished returnson both . As your body gets used to one exercise it will become more efficient at performing it. So eventually one activity will be better than another. You might consider cross training and doing both on different days so your body does not get used to one.
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In considering the efficiency of exercise with regard to weight loss, the variable which should be optimized is time. If we put in some hours walking versus cycling, which is better use of our time?
The answer is: whichever you put your gut-busting effort into!
Leisurely cycling on a flat course for an hour will use less energy than a one hour race-walk.
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This research claims around walking 334 kilojoules of energy expended for a 1.6km walk
Using the same 1.6km distance, if you cycled at 20km/h at 70watts (arbitrary but vaguely-plausible numbers), you would be involve around 20 kilojoules being "sent to the pedals". Assuming you are about 20% efficient, that would be 100kilojoules burned
For that distance, ...
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It depends on how vigorously you walk or bike. Like, this article looking at long-term weight change said people did better with "increases in moderately intense exercise, including biking, brisk walking, jogging, swimming and hiking — but not to slow walking (less than 3 miles per hour)." So, if you walk slowly, biking or walking quickly would be better.
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The rational side of me says that over the short distance you're talking about, walking would cost more energy than cycling. The caveat here of course is how fast you walk.
However when I first got back on my bike (and I was pretty overweight), I started off cycling between the train station and my office. It was something like 2 miles each way, and used to ...
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