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Running vs. Cycling
Which burns more calories?
Which burns more calories?
Posted December 12th, 2006 at 7:00 AM by Jeanie Rebb
Section: Running & Training, Health & Fitness, Exercise
The standard comparison is that one mile of running equals four miles of cycling, but that’s lousy science.
Although running requires the same amount of energy per mile at any speed (110 calories per mile), riding is affected by wind resistance so the faster you ride, the more energy you use. So you have to compare running and cycling at different cycling speeds.
Dr. Edward Coyle of the University of Texas determined average values of oxygen consumption by cyclists to develop a table to estimate the approximate caloric equivalence between running and cycling.
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