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Why We Choose Running Over Walking

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Uploaded on Jan 5, 2012

North Carolina State University biomedical engineers Dr. Gregory Sawicki and Dr. Dominic Farris have discovered why -- at certain speeds -- humans choose running over walking: Running makes better use of an important calf muscle than walking, and therefore is a much more efficient use of the muscle's -- and the body's -- energy.

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