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Sep 22, 2014 at 7:31 comment added bobie No, it isn't, it is explained in my post
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Sep 20, 2014 at 20:28 comment added Sophie Swett My impression was that the efficiency of a muscle performing some action is the ratio of mechanical work performed to actual energy burned. Isn't it?
Sep 20, 2014 at 14:07 comment added bobie Inefficiency of the muscle has nothing to do with energy burned and mechanical work produced
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Sep 4, 2014 at 14:40 comment added Sophie Swett True. I'm ignoring the fact that human muscles aren't 100% efficient.
Sep 3, 2014 at 5:39 comment added bobie Good post, but you are confusing [mechanical] work done and energy spent. If you push the wall you do 0 work but burn a lot of calories.
Sep 2, 2014 at 20:16 history answered Sophie Swett CC BY-SA 3.0