Incline Treadmill Walking Burns More Fat

9 Feb 2025 · 1 min

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In this blunt, profanity‑laden YouTube explainer, Eric Roberts contrasts running with incline walking to clarify how the body selects fuel during exercise. He states that heart rate determines whether carbs (high heart rate, e.g., running) or fat (low heart rate, e.g., incline walking) are burned for immediate energy. Roberts then emphasizes the crucial distinction between burning fat during a workout and actually reducing stored body fat, noting that without a calorie deficit no fat loss occurs regardless of the exercise modality. Using a money‑saving analogy, he debunks the common fitness myth that incline walking—or any “fat‑burning” exercise—has a special advantage for weight loss, concluding that overall energy balance, not exercise type, drives fat loss.

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I'm fucking sick of nobody ever explaining things in their videos, so let me explain running versus incline walking for burning fat. When you exercise, your body can use 2 things for energy: carbs or fats. Which one you use is dependent on your heart rate. When you're exercising with a high heart rate, you are going to burn carbs For energy. When you exercise with a low heart rate, you are going to burn fat for energy. So running is high heart rate, which means you'd use carbs for energy. Incline walking, low heart rate, you'll burn fat for energy. But here's what no one ever tells you. There's a difference between burning fat for energy and actually losing stored body fat. It doesn't matter if you use carbs, fats, or cocaine for energy during your workout, because unless you are eating in a calorie deficit, you will not lose any stored body fat. It's just like if you were saving money. Whether you're paying for your groceries in card or cash, if you're spending more money than what you're making, you won't be saving any money. So no, there's nothing special about incline walking for fat loss or any exercise that claims to be fat burning. And I hope this video cleared things up.