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A knightly stroll, with treadmill and respiration mask<\/p>A knightly stroll, with treadmill and respiration mask<\/p>
Medieval knighthood was physically grueling work: Jousting with massive lances. Charging into battle. Jogging on a treadmill in a full suit of armor. You know how it is.<\/p>
It’s no surprise that beneath their shining armor, knights shimmered with sweat. Running around in up to 110 pounds<\/a> of armor, or even advancing at a stately walk, would take a whole lot of effort. But, a team of scientists wondered, just how exhausting was it?<\/p> Since the researchers had missed their chance to track exertion on the jousting pitch by several hundred years, they recruited four modern volunteers, historical re-enactors from the Royal Armories<\/a> in London. These guys had ample experience wearing armor, making them better proxies for knightly exertion than volunteers who wouldn’t know a culet<\/a> from a cuirass<\/a>. Each man donned a replica 15th-century suit of armor and hopped on a treadmill. As the volunteers walked and ran, the researchers kept tabs on their heart rate, their respiration rate, how much oxygen they used, and how long their strides were.<\/p> Sure enough, the researchers found<\/a>, armor was exhausting. The men used 2.3 times as much ...<\/a><\/p> A knightly stroll, with treadmill and respiration maskMedieval knighthood was physically grueling work: Jousting with massive lances. Charging into battle. Jogging on a treadmill in a full suit of armor. You know how it is.It’s no surprise that beneath their shining … Continue reading <\/a>
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