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All kidding aside, though, when you live here in New York City, you get pretty good exercise. You know what the "New York Chin-up" is, right? How many … fortune

[According to Mr. Pargiter:] ... though Mosco is a very great city, yet it is, from the distance between house and house, and few people compared with … fortune

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The Science of Sport: Exercise and weight loss Part 3: Fat
Have read something similar before. It's very difficult to lose weight via exercise alone: "So, taking our 80kg man, who runs 8km (5 miles), he'll burn about 640 kcal. ... Now, assume that half his energy comes from fat and half from carbohydrates. That means 320 kCal from fat, corresponding to 35 g ... So, 35 g of fat in 8 km or 5 miles. To burn 1 kg of fat, he therefore has to run 230 km (142 miles). Not very encouraging."

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