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When your heart rate is 140 on a treadmill for x mins your burn x calories. if your hr is 140 on a sofa for x mins, do you burn the same amount?
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Heart rate: if your heart rate is 140 on a sofa having sex it might be the same calorie burn as walking on a treadmill. If the rate is 140 doing nothing, the burn will be less because muscle work will bee less
Answered 5/14/2015
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