Walking vs Running for Fat Loss 🔥

17 Jun 2026 · 1 min

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In this brief YouTube monologue, the speaker argues that while running burns more total calories, it primarily uses carbohydrates and elevates heart rate, which can increase hunger and make maintaining a calorie deficit harder. Walking, on the other hand, burns fewer calories overall but relies more on fat as an energy source and does not spike appetite, allowing better adherence to a diet and ultimately greater fat loss. The speaker concludes that walking is the preferable cardio for fat loss and directs viewers to a link in the bio for personalized calorie guidance.

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Walking burns more fat than running, but running burns more calories than walking. So which one is better if you're trying to lose fat? Well, you may have heard you need to be in a calorie deficit. This means you have to burn more calories than you eat. So that means running would be the winner, right? Wrong. And here's why. Since running gives you a high heart rate, It burns carbs for energy, which increases your hunger, appetite, and craving. This makes it harder to stick to your diet, and you'll never be able to outrun eating too many calories. So even though walking burns less calories, it burns fat for energy, which means it doesn't increase your appetite. You'll stick to your diet better and lose more fat. And if you need to know how many calories you should be eating, click this link in my bio.