dmccarty_at_us.ibm.com wrote: > One of the things I have noticed when using my gym's, dreadmill errr, treadmill, > is that the amount of calories expended is NOT equal to the effort put into the > excercise. Running a 10 minute mile is about 150 calories per hour for me. > Running 7 minute miles is much more painful and is not rewarded with a number of > calories even close to the anquish I endure! 8-) This is the unfortunate (and not often understood or believed) fact that humans are almost equally efficient at walking or running at any speed. The calories only differ based on distance travelled, not speed travelled. Mike *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Thu Sep 02 1999 - 18:53:51 PDT
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