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by simonebrunozzi·12y ago·view on hn ↗
Wrong - walking, or any sort of physical activity, reactivates your metabolism. If you go from 0 to 1 hour of walking per day, your metabolism would burn way more than 100 calories.
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Walking and sprinting and weight training boost metabolism. Doing a lot of jogging actually lowers resting metabolic rate because the body adaptively conserves energy when confronted with such stress. After a few weeks of a daily jogging habit you're in total burning barely more than you were when sedentary.

This is why you see so many people pounding away on gym treadmills month after month and still looking squishy.