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What? This is just plain wrong. Walking slowly burns 100 calories in an hour, if you weigh 100 lbs. Most people will use up more, just walking. Heck, if you wei
by empthought 9y ago
What? This is just plain wrong. Walking slowly burns 100 calories in an hour, if you weigh 100 lbs. Most people will use up more, just walking. Heck, if you weigh enough (somewhere just south of 300lbs), you "burn" 100 calories an hour while sleeping.
Moderate exercise (let's say, an easy jog) will burn closer to 600 calories per hour for a 170-lb, 5'9" man.
How else do you think Michael Phelps put away 8000 calories per day while training, if not by burning it via exercise?
- falcolas 9y agoYou're right, I was mis-remembering the time period. Keeping warm burns the vast majority of your calories (unless you're an athlete), so it's somewhat disingenuous to include them in the exercise figures. Phelps (and other athletes) burn 8k+ calories a day by working out for 6-8 hours a day. Swimming is particularly intense, since it involves sustained effort of all your major muscle groups.