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riding and calories...
About the only way I could believe it is riding on earth compared to walking
or biking in the gravity of the moon... |-)
Let's see - a 14 hour 100 is 14 x 300 cal = 4200 calories = 2+ normal days
consumption of food.....
If this gets out - the sport of endurance will really grow the member
numbers...
Randy - an new way to promote the sport?
Mike
> The msn article on fittness and calories states:
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> Detractors of horseback riding may think
> that the only one getting exercise is the
> horse. Not true. The average hour
> workout with a horse will eat up between
> 300-350 calories. You'll burn up another
> 150-200 calories in the half hour it takes
> to groom, saddle and clean the beast.
> Even carrying hay burns calories. An hour
> of horseback riding is comparable to
> walking/running four to five miles or
> bicycling 10 mile
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