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by ibgames

EARTHDATE: August 12, 2012

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REAL LIFE NEWS: LONG-DISTANCE HOOVERING

by Hazed

That Usain Bolt. He sure can run. Watch him go – faster than a speeding bullet, almost! He must burn up a lot of calories to produce those record-breaking performances.

Actually, no. To secure his Olympic gold medal, Bolt ran three rounds that totalled just over 30 seconds of action. That would have shed less than 30 kcal. Sitting down and knitting for ten minutes burns more energy than that.

I know this because of a graph published in The Economist magazine that compares energy burned during a range of Olympic disciplines with that expended doing various ordinary activities, such as housework, dancing or gambling.

Look at the graph and maybe you won’t feel such a coach potato.

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