{"id":232137,"date":"2024-06-14T01:51:02","date_gmt":"2024-06-14T01:51:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2024\/06\/14\/walking-with-irregular-strides-may-help-you-burn-more-calories\/"},"modified":"2025-06-25T17:17:09","modified_gmt":"2025-06-25T17:17:09","slug":"walking-with-irregular-strides-may-help-you-burn-more-calories","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2024\/06\/14\/walking-with-irregular-strides-may-help-you-burn-more-calories\/","title":{"rendered":"Walking with irregular strides may help you burn more calories"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<figure class=\"ArticleImage\">\n<div class=\"Image__Wrapper\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"Image\" width=\"1350\" height=\"899\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/13100625\/SEI_208430199.jpg\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1288px) 837px, (min-width: 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1700w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/13100625\/SEI_208430199.jpg?width=1800 1800w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/13100625\/SEI_208430199.jpg?width=1900 1900w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/13100625\/SEI_208430199.jpg?width=2006 2006w\" loading=\"eager\" fetchpriority=\"high\" data-image-context=\"Article\" data-image-id=\"2435499\" data-caption=\"Varying the length of your strides could have health benefits\" data-credit=\"ADDICTIVE STOCK CREATIVES\/Alamy\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"ArticleImageCaption\">\n<div class=\"ArticleImageCaption__CaptionWrapper\">\n<p class=\"ArticleImageCaption__Title\">Varying the length of your strides could have health benefits<\/p>\n<p class=\"ArticleImageCaption__Credit\">ADDICTIVE STOCK CREATIVES\/Alamy<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>\n<p>Walking with variable strides uses up more energy than taking consistently sized steps, which suggests it may help to burn more calories.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/adam-grimmitt-256086122\/\">Adam Grimmitt<\/a> and his colleagues at the University of Massachusetts Amherst recruited 18 adults, aged between 18 and 45, who were told to walk as normal for 5 minutes on a treadmill while a motion capture system recorded their average stride length.<\/p>\n<p>Based on this, the researchers manipulated their strides during another 5-minute walk by lighting up the treadmill at the positions where they wanted\u2026<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>[ad_2]<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newscientist.com\/article\/2435109-walking-with-irregular-strides-may-help-you-burn-more-calories\/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&#038;utm_source=NSNS&#038;utm_medium=RSS&#038;utm_content=home\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] Varying the length of your strides could have health benefits ADDICTIVE STOCK CREATIVES\/Alamy Walking with variable strides uses up more energy than taking 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