Mekong River: deltaM. Gifford/De Wys Inc.The Mekong River drains more than 313,000 square miles (810,000 square km) of land, stretching from the Plateau of Tibet to the South China Sea. Among Asian rivers, only the Yangtze and Ganges have larger minimum flows.
Pedal Exercisers and Calories. Measuring power is expensive. Adding this capability to a pedal exerciser would raise its cost by hundreds of dollars. Because of this, the Calories burned estimates can be off by a factor of 10. The Calorie numbers on the display are only close if the resistance is set to maximum. This is true for all pedal exercisers, including the MagneTrainer.
If you are relying on exercise alone to lose weight, you are fighting an uphill battle. Here's why. Exercise burns calories, but not as much as people think. When you consider how many calories you burn in a day, exercise burns very little. And it takes a lot of time and effort to burn even a few calories. A full hour of intense exercise may only burn 400-500 calories for a lot of people.