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To blast calories, running is a winner

“As far as minute for minute of exercise, if your goal is to burn calories, running is going to be your best choice,” says Ronnie Carda, a charter member of the UW-Madison Running Club, for which he serves as workout adviser. He’s also coordinator of the physical education activity program at the UW-Madison department of kinesiology (the study of body motions and the forces acting on them).