Will an athlete who runs for an hour at moderate pace and is not tired at the end burn more calories than an out of shape person who runs for an hour a way shorter distance but is exhausted at the end?
Assuming both have the same weight and such
What I want to know basically is if your body gets stronger will it need less energy to perform the same amount of work?
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It is kind of both in some circumstances and not in others. For example, a bike- if you take a 30 min ride on a recumbent bike where you lean your upper body against the back of the seat and just move your legs, you’ll burn slightly less calories than on an upright bike at the same resistance for the same time if you’re engaging your core muscles while doing it, so in that case the effort does increase the outcome. In your example, it’s affected by the persons PRE, which is the perceived rate of exhaustion. you’re probably not as exhausted as your body thinks you are. but if two people were to run the same distance at the same speed, the person with worse cardiac endurance would have a greater payoff.
exercise needs to be a static thing to continually improve. If you do the same exact workout every single day, you’ll improve to a point and then plateau. In order to leave the plateau, you need to increase the duration, intensity, or both of the work out
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