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?
In: Biology
Because standing uses the same muscles constantly in the same way. Walking uses a lot of different muscles in a bunch of different ways, with each muscle spending more time resting than activated.
That means each muscle gets tired less quickly.
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