Graphs We Care About: Fixed Human Energy Expenditure
Active people burn more calories than less active ones. This simple statement is compelling, important, and mostly wrong.
Active people burn more calories than less active ones. This simple statement is compelling, important, and mostly wrong.
Anything useful in health & fitness eventually gets coopted and surrounded by myths. Zone 2 training is no different. It has become popularized, misunderstood, and over-complicated, all the while receiving nonsensical criticisms, mostly for things it isn't.
We are doing an ongoing series of posts about health & fitness graphs we care about. The last one was about VO2max slack. This time we are talking about the growing gap between life expectancy and healthy life expectancy around the world.
Ask someone why they have stopped being active and one of the most common reasons you'll get is