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How Many Metabols Does that Cost, Anyway?

Posted on July 18, 2014 by swansont

Arm swinging reduces the metabolic cost of running

Swinging the arms clearly saves energy for runners, and helps to minimise the amount that we rotate the body while swinging our legs, which led Arellano and Kram to wonder whether the metabolic benefits of arm swinging outweigh the cost of carrying the limbs.

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