Comment on Attempt to motivate people to take the stairs
ikidd@lemmy.world 1 week agoBy that logic a morbidly obese person is exercising harder than anyone else by moving their 600lb ass around the living room.
I think this is sort of why people eating more than usual and keeping that end up heavier instead of just gaining weight forever. You burn more calories when you’re heavier.
But, yeah, someone who is 600 pounds is burning more calories by moving than someone who is 200 pounds.
The statement was that the amount of moved muscle is related to the amount of calories that are burnt - an obese person does not have large muscles automatically. When they move the weight definitely has an impact on their muscles - a workout without additional weights would have a bigger impact on burnt calories as for a skinny person with same muscle mass. But the impact of moving through the living room on overall calorie balance should be neglectible.
Delphia@lemmy.world 1 week ago
They are.
A 600lb person walking a mile burns significantly more calories than a 200lb person doing the same thing. Im 200lbs and I can back squat 300lbs, a 600lb person squatting down and standing back up is moving more weight than I am… If they can manage it.