Is walking enough for fat loss?

Short answer: Yes.

Long answer: It depends on what you're comparing it to.

Walking burns calories. It also increases your NEAT, which stands for non-exercise activity thermogenesis. That's all the movement you do outside the gym, like walking, standing, taking the stairs, and staying active throughout the day.

If you're currently inactive, walking every day will make a difference. You'll burn more calories, improve your fitness, and over time that helps with fat loss.

But walking doesn't build muscle.

After 30, building and maintaining muscle becomes one of the most important things you can do. Muscle helps support your metabolism, keeps you strong, and makes it easier to maintain fat loss over the long term.

That's why strength training should be part of your routine.

Here's the simple plan:

• Walk every day. Aim for 10,000 steps.
• Strength train at least 3 times per week to build and maintain muscle.

Walking helps you burn more calories.

Strength training helps your body keep the muscle that drives long-term results.

On their own, they're good.

Together, they're one of the most effective strategies for losing body fat and keeping it off.