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Hey Fit,
I've been jogging by myself about three times a week for a year, and just recently, I started going with a friend. I actually like it better because we motivate each other to keep going, but I found that when we're talking during our run, it's so much harder. I'm wondering, does talking while running burn more calories?
—Chatty Cathy
This is a great question because I'm sure many of you run with a buddy, and you can't help but gab away. To find out my take on this issue read more.
Here's the deal. When you go for a 30-minute run, moving at a pace of 10 minutes per mile (6 mph), you'll end up burning 320 calories. Talking straight for 30 minutes burns about 30 calories. So you see, talking while running won't burn a whole lot of extra calories, but what it will do is make it more difficult for you to control your breath. If you have a hard time breathing, then you may have to slow down your pace or even stop, so in this respect, talking may make you burn less calories overall.
On the other hand, like you said, chatting makes running more enjoyable, and exercising with someone else is very motivating. So you could end up running longer or faster than you would if you were by yourself, which would make you burn more calories. I guess it comes down to personal preference. If socializing while running encourages you to run, then it could make you get more out of your workouts. If it makes it too hard for you, then I'd stick to running solo some of the time, or you could run with a buddy and both listen to music, or let your friend do all the talking. I will say that talking while running definitely becomes easier with practice, but I wouldn't go out of my way to talk just to burn more calories. You'd be better off focusing on your breath and your movements, and you can save the chatting for after your run.
Rieker
Giuseppe Zanotti
DKNY
I just started a running schedule with my mom, and we love it! We can't help but talk while running, and I do get awfully winded.
1good to know...once its not so freaken HOT outside I would love to run other then inside with my Wii.
2you're supposed to be able to talk during cardio, right? so this is actually a great way to tell if you're over-exerting yourself or not!
3the talk test is a common method used by fitness instructors to see how hard you are working. i am pretty sure its recommended to only be able to talk in 3-5 word spurts
4I think there's another consideration here or so my doctor tells me. The higher your heart rate while you're running, the more calories you burn (for an equal amount of distance). Hence, if I run 3 miles at an 8 min pace, I'll burn a few more calories than 3 miles at a 10 min pace. This does seem to be the case when I watch my caloric burn on my garmin device, which takes my speed, HR and body weight all into consideration. Anyhow, if you're running while talking, the talking also increases your heart rate as your oxygen needs are increased given that some of your oxygen is being used for conversation. Hence, you get the calories burned from talking, and (presuming you don't lower your pace) you get a slightly higher caloric burn rate from your increased heart rate for the mileage run. Course, it's likely all negated if you drop your pace to enable easier chatter.
5i like that you can at least estimate the number of potential cals that you can burn if you talk to someone while you're jogging. personally i don't like to workout with anyone cause i like to be in my own 'zone' but i can respect how working out with a partner will motivate you to keep going. it's just a matter of finding someone who's able to push you a bit harder than you would push yourself.
6wow. people are seriously this obsessed with calorie burning?
7How can you talk while running? Whenever I did that I'd get winded so quickly. It really messes with my breathing.
8i like to do a little of both. i run once or twice a week with a friend, so even though we're not running as fast together, we run way longer than we would alone because we have so much fun talking. when i run alone, i go faster, but i also don't make the long trip that i usually do when i go with my friend.
9Talking while running is a good ab workout x)
10Running 3 miles at 8 mph does not burn more cals than running 3 miles at 6 mph.
If you run 3 miles at 8 mph you will finish in 22:30.
If you run 3 miles at 6 mph you will finish in 30:00. So although you are running slower, you run longer. So you burn the same amount. They say generally 100 cals for every mile for an average woman.
Now if you are running for time, say 30 minutes, the person running a 7:30 pace will burn more cals than the person running a 10:00 pace.
11If you're going slow enough to chat then you're not working hard enough! ;p
12I'm working out hard and my trainer says to not drink water when I'm working out, it's bad for heart. drink before and after. is it truth??????
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