Silly walk
1 paper2 findings
- 1 lab in 1 country
- Funders: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute and 2 more
- Human trial1
Outcomes
2Cost per distance
upin humans1
1 study
Cost per distance
upin humans1
Silly walk increases cost per distance in humans.
“both Cleese and Palin SWs evinced greater cost per distance”
Human trialn = 13
Silly walks: An urgent practical solution to the inactivity and obesity pandemics
Experimental physiology22 Nov 2025
Energy expenditure
upin humans1
1 study
Energy expenditure
upin humans1
Silly walk increases energy expenditure in humans (+8.0 ± 2.3 kcal/min).
“EE, +8.0 ± 2.3 and +5.2 ± 0.8 kcal/min in males and females, respectively”
Human trialcompared with normal walkingmalesn = 7
Silly walks: An urgent practical solution to the inactivity and obesity pandemics
Experimental physiology22 Nov 2025
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Silly walks: An urgent practical solution to the inactivity and obesity pandemics
Non-randomised trial in 13 peopleObesity