walking in the cold
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imkegoal
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Having just walked to my daughters school and back in -5 degrees Celcius, I wondered; surely you will burn more calories walking in the freezing cold than walking on a nice spring day.
Does anyone know if this is true?
Does anyone know if this is true?
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Makes good sense because your body has to burn more energy to maintain temperature (plus walking in snow will require more energy expenditure when you have to do that) - but I don't think the increase is something you could log0
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The human body is insanely good at regulating its temperature, assuming you were properly dressed the answer would be no. If you were cold & shivering a little bit more but not much (the Canadian Armed Forces did in depth studies about the nutritional needs of personnel operating in northern climates - ie winter warfare - and the difference was negligible)0
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Eh I live in Alaska and I can tell you now that it is ill advised once you hit about -30 F or -34.4444 C0
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It's kinda funny, when I was walking to work, I didn't like doing it when it warmed up past 40. Once it got cold again (down to -10 some mornings), I loved walking to work.0
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Not enough to worry about.0
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