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Comment by tomjen3

3 years ago

>A stationary bike at a steady 20mph pace is about 500 calories in 30 minutes

It is also something at most a tiny minority of the obese population can do.

I just plugged a 300 pound person in to a calculator for a “moderate” walking speed, and that’d burn nearly 500 calories in an hour.

  • Most 300 pound people I know cannot walk for an hour at a moderate walking speed.

  • You are severely overestimating the physical abilities of a severely obese person.