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Walking in short bursts found to consume 20% to 60% more energy than walking continuously for same distance (phys.org)

submitted 1 month ago by Nurse_Robot@lemmy.world to c/health@lemmy.world

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Super interesting and makes a lot of sense in retrospect.

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[–] Okokimup@lemmy.world 17 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I've always heard the opposite, but this makes sense. It also means walking my dog - with all his sniffing and peeing - is better exercise than I thought.

[–] Zwiebel 4 points 1 month ago

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