The Claim
Increasing walking incline by 5% or speed by 2 km/h while carrying a 10 kg weighted vest significantly elevates metabolic rate in healthy young adult males.
What the research says
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When healthy young adult males walk uphill at a 5% steeper angle or 2 km/h faster while wearing a 10 kg vest, their metabolic rate increases.
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Increasing walking incline by 5% or speed by 2 km/h significantly elevates metabolic rate in healthy young adult males carrying a 10 kg weighted vest, demonstrating that terrain and movement velocity are potent modifiers of energy expenditure during load carriage.
Carrying a heavy vest makes breathing harder because the chest can't expand fully, and walking faster or uphill requires more force from the leg muscles. Both of these forces force the body to use more oxygen to produce energy, which increases how much energy is burned.
What the research says
1 studyWhen people carry a 10 kg backpack and walk faster or up steeper hills, their bodies burn more energy—even small changes in speed or slope make a big difference. This study proved it.
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