Strolling with variable strides makes use of up extra power than taking constantly sized steps, which suggests it could assist to burn extra energy.

Adam Grimmitt and his colleagues on the College of Massachusetts Amherst recruited 18 adults, aged between 18 and 45, who have been instructed to stroll as regular for five minutes on a treadmill whereas a movement seize system recorded their common stride size.

Based mostly on this, the researchers manipulated their strides throughout one other 5-minute stroll by lighting up the treadmill on the positions the place they needed…