Table 15.
A sex and body weight neutral comparison between walking and cycling for commuting purposes.
| Age | Body weight | Speed | Time per distance | Per cent of maximal heart rate | Per cent of maximal oxygen uptake | MET | Oxygen uptake per time and distance | Energy expenditure per time and distance |
Rated perceived exertion leg |
Rated perceived exertion breathing | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| years | kg | km ·h−1 | min ·km−1 | % | % | L ·min−1 | L ·km−1 | kcal ·min−1 | kcal ·km−1 | ||||
| Walking | 45.2 | 70 | 5.8 | 10.3 | 62.5 | 46.0 | 6.36 | 1.33 | 13.7 | 6.50 | 67.0 | 9.70 | 10.3 |
| Cycling | 43.8 | 70 | 18.4 | 3.3 | 78.0 | 64.7 | 8.09 | 1.98 | 6.54 | 9.80 | 32.3 | 11.4 | 12.6 |
|
Ratio walking /cycling |
1.03 | 1.0 | 0.32 | 3.12 | 0.80 | 0.71 | 0.79 | 0.67 | 2.09 | 0.66 | 2.07 | 0.85 | 0.82 |
Calculations are based on average data from the present study of walking and of cycling from Schantz et al. (19). The maximal values for heart rate and oxygen uptake are based on the maximal ergometer cycling test. Rated perceived exertion can be affected by duration of exercise (71, 72). In this case, the mean durations of walking (23.2 min) and cycling (26.2 min) were almost the same.