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Originally Posted by Tyrone Slothrop
Why aren't calories burned a simple function of work performed -- a matter of weight multiplied by energy easily measured by the machine? Different bodies will be more and less efficiently in mobilizing to get this work done, but if you jump on a machine and expend (say) 500 calories of energy in moving its steps or pedals, why isn't that much easy to measure?
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The angles etc. (relative height) factors into the work being done.
