Are we really racing to the finish line?

Are we really racing to the finish line?

A new study led by Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션s researcher Jessica Selinger shows that runners default to a pace that saves the most energy

By Julie Brown

May 18, 2022

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A new study led by Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션s researcher Jessica Selinger (School of Kinesiology and Health Studies) shows that runners often run at the same speed, regardless of distance, because that particular speed is the most energetically efficient.

With the warmer weather upon us, many will be lacing up their sneakers to step out for a run. As we consider our running pace, we might assume that as we log further distances, we will naturally start to slow our pace to conserve energy. A new study led by Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션s researcher Jessica Selinger (School of Kinesiology and Health Studies) challenges that view.  

카지노 게임 컬렉션We often run at the same speed, regardless of distance, because that particular speed is the most energetically efficient,카지노 게임 컬렉션 Dr. Selinger says.

The research study, published in analyzed data from more than 4,600 runners totaling more than 28,000 hours of running. Researchers compared energy-saving running speeds measured in a lab setting to the preferred, real-world speeds measured by wearable trackers and found the two to be indistinguishable.

The researchers gathered data from 26 runners on treadmills and identified the energetically optimal speeds based on their oxygen consumption. They compared this to data collected from thousands of recreational runners outfitted with a waistband tracker from Lumo Run.

The findings show that the preference for energy efficient movement is strong. Even when we go for a jog, with the goal of burning calories, we move at a speed to minimize them.

카지노 게임 컬렉션This means that if we want to run at a faster pace, we may need to consciously focus on doing so. Or, use other tricks like running with a faster partner or listening to fast paced music,카지노 게임 컬렉션 says Dr. Selinger. 카지노 게임 컬렉션It is important to understand what objectives shape our locomotion, and what influences how we move if we are looking to train athletes, develop assistive devices, or even understand our evolutionary history.카지노 게임 컬렉션

There are evolutionary advances to moving in an energy optimal way 카지노 게임 컬렉션 we can travel further on few calories.

카지노 게임 컬렉션We share this trait with other animals, be it flying birds, swimming fish, or galloping horses 카지노 게임 컬렉션 there's evidence that we all move in calorie conserving ways out in the wild,카지노 게임 컬렉션 Dr. Selinger explains.

The runners that Dr. Selinger and her team analyzed in the lab were limited to younger, fit individuals.

카지노 게임 컬렉션In the future, it would be really nice to have the lab-based energetic measures for a broader swathe of the population,카지노 게임 컬렉션 she says.

Although the data from lab studies may be more consistent and manageable, Dr. Selinger, the study's lead author who started the research as a postdoctoral scholar at Stanford 카지노게임사이트, said that the sheer volume of information made available through wearables is unobtainable in the lab.

카지노 게임 컬렉션Wearables can also reveal the choices we make in the real-world without the oversight of a researcher or constraints of the lab environment. By fusing the two, a new window has opened up into runners' behaviour,카지노 게임 컬렉션 Dr. Selinger says.

By applying useable data from wearables, and perhaps improving wearables by adjusting algorithms according to research results, the researchers envision expansive ways to enable fitness based on natural, 카지노 게임 컬렉션free-living카지노 게임 컬렉션 human behaviour.

The study is now available in .

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