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Will trunk walking consume more body calories?
Will trunk walking consume more body calories?

That's for sure.

Compared with the arms and legs, the trunk is mainly characterized by gathering larger muscles, such as trapezius muscle of scapula, abdominal muscle and back muscle supporting spine, gluteus maximus muscle supporting weight, etc. These muscles can produce great strength and become the driving force of human activities. In addition, the trunk is connected with the arms and legs. If the trunk can be effectively moved, the burden on the limbs can be reduced.

"Trunk walking" is to give full play to the functions of these muscles to achieve the highest efficiency of walking.

If you carefully observe the top athletes, you will find that the better athletes will use their trunks instead of just their arms and legs when running, kicking, throwing and swinging. The trunk can produce amazing speed and amazing strength.

What are the advantages of using the trunk?

If you are used to "trunk walking", you can make the following positive changes in your body during daily walking, making your posture more upright and full of vitality.

Correct posture

If you use your trunk when walking, you will naturally make the correct posture of clamping your shoulder blades inward and opening your chest.

heat of combustion

Large muscles in the trunk also consume a lot of calories. Therefore, the exercise of trunk muscles can burn a lot of calories and enhance the weight loss effect.