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robert Ihnot
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It is generally thought for every mile you walk or run, you burn 100 calories. Supose one were to walk uptown at a 15 degree climb for 2.5 miles and then walk back down 2.5 miles to the original start. It would seem this is harder than just burning 500 calories on a straight 5 mile walk.
Newton's first law of motion seems to say, that nothing is achieve walking on level ground, but for the person it is exertion. I don't know what could be said about climbing hills and then coming back down to the original spot.
Is there a practical Physics of sorts that has anything to say about this? Or is the only answer an attempt to discover the calories burned on the trip?
Newton's first law of motion seems to say, that nothing is achieve walking on level ground, but for the person it is exertion. I don't know what could be said about climbing hills and then coming back down to the original spot.
Is there a practical Physics of sorts that has anything to say about this? Or is the only answer an attempt to discover the calories burned on the trip?