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Practice proper walking technique by swinging your arms, tightening your stomach muscles and tucking your pelvis in. Keep your feet at about shoulder-width apart and look ahead of you about 15 to 20 feet. How long you need to walk to burn 500 calories depends on your body weight and your intensity level. According to the Physical Activity Calorie Counter on the American Council of Exercise website, a 180-pound person needs to walk at a moderate, 3 mile-per-hour pace for one hour and 50 minutes to burn nearly 500 calories.
When it comes to walking or running, people tend to burn between 80 and 100 calories per mile, no matter how fast or how slow they are. Half an hour of walking at a casual, walking-the-dog pace (2.5 mph, or a 24-minute mile) will burn about 97 calories. A brisk 4-mph stroll (15-minute miles), on the other hand, will burn about 161 calories in 30 minutes.