Cal is short for calorie. Cal displayed on the treadmill is the calories burned by running. Calorie is a kind of calorie unit, which is widely used in nutrition measurement and fitness manual. The international standard unit of energy is joule.
Simply put, 1 calorie of energy or heat can raise the temperature of 1 gram of water by 1 degree Celsius at one atmospheric pressure. 1 calorie is about 4. 1859 Joule (Joule is a commonly used unit of energy in physics).
Just as computers consume electricity and trucks consume oil, so do human daily activities. Heat not only provides energy for people's exercise, daily work and life, but also provides energy for human life activities, blood circulation, breathing, digestion and absorption. People who lose weight can burn fat through exercise, which can accelerate calorie consumption and achieve the goal of healthy weight loss.