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.
Walking or running on a treadmill that is set to an incline of 2% or more will help the exerciser burn calories much faster than if they had set the machine to an incline of 1% or less. Intensity is a major key to weight loss, and people should keep their heart rate between 70% and 85% of their maximum heart rate for the biggest calorie burning effect.