When athletes devote large amounts of energy to running or cycling, they unconsciously cut back on energy output elsewhere.

Basal metabolic rate (BMR) is the calories your body burns at rest. Knowing your BMR can help determine how many calories you ...

The metabolic ceiling represents the maximum number of calories that a body can actually burn. For humans, it is believed to ...

While ultramarathoners are capable of huge energy spurts, overall the athletes top out at 2.5 times the metabolic rate needed for basic body functions.

Scientists have long hypothesized about a theoretical limit to human energy use. The research, published today in Current ...

The number is much smaller than previous research, which estimated metabolic ceilings as 10 times your BMR. And while extreme ...

You probably don’t even want to reach that level, either. As Kropa emphasises, the metabolic ceiling is there for a reason.

Don't be fooled by diets and workouts that claim to speed up metabolism, that's not how it works. Here's how metabolism is ...

A new study shows that even elite athletes have a metabolic limit, with ultramarathoners unable to sustain extremely high energy outputs for long without health consequences.

The research, published today in Current Biology, showed that ultramarathoners can burn an astounding 11,000 calories per day ...

When ultra-runners lace up for races that stretch hundreds of miles and days, they're not merely testing their mental grit ...

BENEDICT and Talbot' work on the “Metabolism and Growth from Birth to Puberty” of children of both sexes aged from one week up to fifteen years is a continuation of that on new-born infants published ...