Spaziergänge mit Pausen verbrauchen mehr Energie als kontinuierliches Gehen, wobei mehr Energie benötigt wird, um loszulegen, als spätere Spaziergänge, bei denen der Körper effizienter arbeitet. Wanderer, die mehr Kalorien verbrennen möchten, anstatt vom Anfang bis zum Ziel stetig voranzumarschieren, sollten über Pausen nachdenken.

I’ve linked to the news release in the post above. In this comment, for those interested, here’s the link to the peer reviewed journal article:

https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rspb.2024.1220

https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2024.1220

From the linked article:

Strolls with stops use more energy than continuous walking, scientists show

Researchers show more energy needed to get going than later in walks when body is working more efficiently

Researchers have hit on an unusual tip for walkers who want to burn more calories: rather than plodding along steadily from start to finish, consider taking rest stops.

The advice emerged from a study of volunteers who were put through their paces in the laboratory to measure the oxygen and energy demands of short strolls versus longer walks.

Tests on the participants found that walking or climbing stairs in 10- to 30-second bouts required 20 to 60% more oxygen, a proxy for energy consumption, than covering the same distance in one continuous session, largely because walking is more efficient after several minutes in motion.

“When we walk for shorter bouts, we use more energy and consume more oxygen to cover the same distance,” said Francesco Luciano, a researcher at the University of Milan and first author on the study. “It’s like having a car that consumes more fuel during the first few kilometres than it does afterwards.”

Dogs are great at this.

So this is why I’m exhausted when walking with my toddler