To Walk Or To Run...That Is The Question

I read an interesting article today that refuted the idea that you burn the same amount of calories whether you run or walk a mile.

Like the author, I was sure that no matter how you covered that mile, you burned about the same amount of calories, but we were way off.

Not only that, but I had never considered the difference between total calories burned vs. net calories burned. I hadn't ever bothered to account for calories that I'd already be burning even if I was sitting on the couch watching TV. Doh!

Anyway, you can read more about this in Amby Burfoot's article HERE.