Lumifer comments on Yet more "stupid" questions - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Lumifer 03 September 2013 08:30:16PM 0 points [-]

What are the specs of muscles?

There are books and papers on the physiology of exercise, in particular on how muscles use energy in different regimes. For a basic intro check Crossfit, for more details you can look at e.g. Body By Science.

trying to optimize

What are you trying to optimize for?

Comment author: Gurkenglas 03 September 2013 10:43:56PM *  1 point [-]

Those links seem to describe how to maximize fitness, not what you are able to do with a given amount of it. Isn't there at least a basic rule of thumb, like which of applying 100 N over 10 m and 50 N over 30 m exerts a muscle more?

I'm trying to optimize for a certain combination of time saved and not having exerted myself too much during a trip.