Dr. Mandelbaum weighs in on benefits of jogging or incline walking
Article Link: Incline Walking Vs. Flat Jogging: Which One Is A Better Workout? Experts Weigh In
Ahead, learn all the potential benefits of incline walking versus flat jogging. Join me, will ya?
Meet the experts: Tonyael Miller, CPT, is a Chicago-based certified trainer and member of the Women’s Health/Men’s Health Strength in Diversity class of 2024. Neel Anand, MD, is an orthopedic spine surgeon and director of the Cedars-Sinai Spine Center in Los Angeles. Bert Mandelbaum, MD, is a sports medicine specialist and orthopedic surgeon at Cedars-Sinai Kerlan-Jobe Institute and co-director of the Regenerative Orthobiologic Center at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles.
How many calories can you burn with incline walking compared to flat jogging? This question doesn’t have a hard-and-fast answer, as it ultimately depends on your genetics, size, build, and workout duration. But let’s imagine we’re comparing two people of very similar statures and physical ability, one of whom walks uphill for 30 minutes, and the other who jogs on a flat road for the same amount of time.
Just be sure to stretch after you walk, says Bert Mandelbaum, MD, sports medicine specialist and orthopedic surgeon at Cedars-Sinai Kerlan-Jobe Institute and Co-Director of the Regenerative Orthobiologic Center at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. “Stretching helps to elongate the muscles and can aid in pain prevention down the road,” he says.
