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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 to c/health

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Super interesting and makes a lot of sense in retrospect.

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[–] Th3D3k0y 2 points 1 month ago

I was talking to my wife about them and thought to my old backpacking trips. I'd get really tired and want to take a break, but I know that if I sit down starting up again will be worse, so I'd just do a little pacing.

I wonder what the participants did in between cycles and how much that impacts. Sit, lay down, stand, levitate? Does the start and stop degree change the result? Like if I go from laying down to sprinting for 30 seconds and repeat.