Thread: High gears and low gears. calories burned, the same?
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Old 08-01-07 | 04:46 PM
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"No real difference in calories, because there's no difference in amount of work done."
Holding a 100lb. weight in front of you isn't doing any work either, but you certainly are "working" to do it.
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