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Your guide to walking around LGA

created by Walter Gerard 

Why Walk?

In order to foster a healthier TSA team, we offer this guide to a simple way to get some extra exercise into your day or during a break .. walking. This guide includes some distances between terminals so you can record the results of your walk.

What Walking Does

Your weight x distance = energy used walking. Time does not matter as much as distance.  If you speed up to walking a mile in 13 minutes or less, you will be burning more calories per mile. But for most beginning walkers it is best to increase the distance before working on speed.  A simple rule of thumb is 100 calories per mile for a 180 pound person.

You burn more calories per mile at very low speeds because you are basically stopping and starting with each step and your momentum   isn’t helping to carry you along.  Meanwhile, at very high walking speeds you are using more muscle groups with arm motion and with a race walking stride.  Those extra muscles burn up extra calories with each step.

There are several distance calculators on-line so you can see how many calories you have burned on your walk. There are several walking “apps” that you can download to your cell phone.

Distance from CTB to:

US Airways/Terminal C - 0.8 MI, DELTA Airlines/ Terminal D - 0.9 MI

Distance from Marine AIR Terminal

It is a 0.3mi walk from the Marine Air Terminal to Bowery Bay Blvd & Marine Terminal Rd (The BP station). In the interest of exercise a walk from the front of the Marine Air terminal to Bowery Bay Blvd & Marine Terminal Rd and then back to the back of the Marine Air Terminal via Bowery Bay Blvd is 0.7mi.

Around Bulova

For those waking around Bulova, a walk around the building is 0.48 miles. A walk around “the block” is 1 mile.

As you start walking, take it easy. To keep it interesting and comfortable, start with a slow pace  and work your way up to a faster pace. Don’t burn yourself out! Make sure your shoes are comfortable. Using your arms adds more muscle groups, and greater calories burned. Don’t forget to drink plenty of water!