• hawgietonight@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    A typical hamburger is about 500 kcal so you would have to go up those stairs 100 times to burn it off in theory.

    But science is now saying that burning off calories isn’t related to excersise… you burn the same amount doing or not doing physical activity. So I don’t know if this is relevant anymore.

    • hemko@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      2 months ago

      That’s very very simplified version of it.

      The more you do an exercise, the more efficient your body becomes for it.

      So a person who runs 10km every day still burns approximately the same amount of calories as a sofa potato running only to toilet and fridge.

      BUT if you do heavier exercises than your regular, you’re going to be burning more calories than your average daily ~1800-2000kcal