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Old 11-12-17, 10:33 AM
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Originally Posted by wphamilton
Just to explain what he meant, converting kj to kilocalorie you divide the powermeter number by four (roughly) and then you multiply that by four (roughly) to account for metabolic efficiency. So the final number, by accident of the conversion factor comes out nearly the same.
Oh, gotcha. I've never looked at power numbers as part of weight management. I didn't realize they line up so neatly.

I do agree with their point, though. People vastly overestimate calories burned in exercise.

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