On Apr 15, 2011, at 7:28 AM, Sean Breheny wrote:

> (which for a 100 kg person going up a 10 meter flight of stairs in 5 =20
> seconds is about 2kW or Horsepower)

An average flight of stairs is closer to 3 meters...
10 meters of stairs in 5 seconds would be pretty impressive.

I dunno if I'd trust a "Watts output" from an exercise machine to be =20
technically accurate, or even consistent between different vendors...

A human is supposed to be "about 100W" at normal (in)activity levels.

BillW

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