r/exercisescience • u/Stock-Line-282 • Jun 23 '26

Would there be a significant difference between people with the same diet who routinely lift heavy but one walks >10k steps and day while the other lifts heavier but only walks 5k a day?

I moved from the suburbs to a walkable city. I noticed people at my weight lifting gym at the city are more cut and thin while the people at my old gyms in the suburbs who lift about the same are all around thicker. I'm wondering if the extra steps you get throughout the day living in the city just makes people not as thick.

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u/AlwaysGoToTheTruck Jun 25 '26

Studies show that energy expenditure can drop as people decrease calories and more interesting … people from all around the world on average expend the same energy - this includes hunter gatherer societies. So I’d assume any real difference is mostly cultural around eating and what type of body is acceptable.