I’ve always wondered, if walking involves more movement and presumably more energy, why does standing in one place feel more exhausting than walking for the same amount of time? How does our body differentiate between the two, and what’s happening in our muscles and circulatory system that makes standing still feel so much more tiring?
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Thinking about it evolutionarily, ancient humans had to do a lot of walking to hunt for food. So it makes sense human bodies would be good at walking, whereas there is not much selection pressure to be able to stand in one place for long periods
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