Walking is a great form of exercise which is easy, free and can be done at any time of the day.
In addition to being good for weight loss, walking is also good for overall health, and can reduce the risk of cardiovascular diseases.
A brisk 10 minute walk a day has a lot of health benefits and count towards your recommended 150 minutes of weekly exercise, according to the NHS.
But if your goal is to lose weight it isn’t that simple – you need to burn more calories than you take in.
Walking for weight loss walking uphill calories fat burning technique (Pic: GETTY)
Walking burns about 100 calories per mile, but upping the intensity can burn more.
One way of increasing the intensity is by changing your walking technique.
Research has found walking briskly at 3.5 mph uphill burns 60% more calories than a person walking on a flat surface.
The research, documented by Very Well Fit, found a 150 lb person burned an additional 48 calories per mile.
Walking for weight loss: Increasing inkling can help you boost intensity (Pic: GETTY)
This fat-burning technique is genius for those who want to lose weight.
The American College of Sports Medicine’s Resource Manual for Guidelines for Exercise Testing and Prescription found for every 1% grade you increase calories burned by about 12%.
This is equal to 10 more calories per mile for a 150 lb person.
An increase of 10% will help you burn twice as many calories per mile.
Walking for weight loss: Exercising outside can be really beneficial (Pic: GETTY)
If you have access to a treadmill you can easily set the incline to follow how many calories you are burning.
If you are walking outside it can be hard to keep a steady increase.
But Metabolic Equivalent research shows you only burn 6.6% fewer calories per mile than when walking on flat ground.
So even if you are adding an uphill walk followed by a downhill walk you will still burn more calories than walking on flat ground.
