{"id":22767,"date":"2017-08-16T16:17:12","date_gmt":"2017-08-16T16:17:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.oracletutoring.ca\/blog\/?p=22767"},"modified":"2017-08-16T16:17:12","modified_gmt":"2017-08-16T16:17:12","slug":"exercise-and-fitness-rest-metabolic-rate-100-watts-to-stay-alive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.oracletutoring.ca\/blog\/exercise-and-fitness-rest-metabolic-rate-100-watts-to-stay-alive\/","title":{"rendered":"Exercise and fitness: rest metabolic rate: 100 Watts to stay alive?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Fitness, exercise, and weight loss lead to constant self-tutoring. The tutor shares an interesting find about rest metabolic rate (RMR).<\/h1>\n

Reading physics.stackexchange.com<\/a> (Martin<\/a> and Martin Beckett<\/a>), I read the observation that you burn 80 to 100 Watts (depending on height, weight, and so on) just existing. Curious to verify the claim, I looked for an independent opinion.<\/p>\n

At verywell.com,<\/a> Paige<\/a> runs through a calculation to arrive at 1900 calories per day burned just resting.<\/p>\n

Do the two claims agree? In fact, they exactly do, and here’s how:<\/p>\n

Typically, 1900 fitness calories means 1900×1000=1900000 physics calories. One physics calorie=4.184J, so<\/p>\n

1900 calories per day = 1900000×4.184 = 7949600J per day.<\/p>\n

1 Watt = 1J\/s, so we divide Joules (J) per day by seconds in one day:<\/p>\n

7949600\u00f7(24x60x60) = 92J\/s = 92 Watts<\/p>\n

So the two claims – that you burn 80 to 100 Watts at rest, and that you burn 1900 calories per day at rest – equate.<\/p>\n

I’ll be talking more about the general issue of energy usage:)<\/p>\n

Jack of Oracle Tutoring by Jack and Diane,<\/a> Campbell River, BC.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Fitness, exercise, and weight loss lead to constant self-tutoring. The tutor shares an interesting find about rest metabolic rate (RMR). Reading physics.stackexchange.com (Martin and Martin Beckett), I read the observation that you burn 80 to 100 Watts (depending on height, …<\/p>\n

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