Question about MET's

icimani
icimani Posts: 1,454 Member
edited December 2024 in Fitness and Exercise
How do I know how many MET's an exercise is worth? Should I just guess?
Is there a good chart somewhere I can refer to?

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  • mcrowe1016
    mcrowe1016 Posts: 647 Member
    What is a MET?
  • tajour
    tajour Posts: 134 Member
    I think I've figured out what an MET is: is it "metabolic equivalent?"

    In my googling I found a calculator that might help: http://lamb.cc/calories-burned-calculator/

    It lists the following MET values:
    Physical Activity MET
    Light Intensity Activities < 3
    sleeping 0.9
    watching television 1.0
    writing, desk work, typing 1.8
    walking, less than 2.0 mph, level ground, very slow 2.0
    Moderate Intensity Activities 3 to 6
    bicycling, stationary, 50 watts, very light effort 3.0
    calisthenics, home exercise, light or moderate effort 3.5
    bicycling, <10 mph, leisure, to work or for pleasure 4.0
    bicycling, stationary, 100 watts, light effort 5.5
    Vigorous Intensity Activities > 6
    jogging, general 7.0
    pushups, situps, pullups 8.0
    calisthenics, jumping jacks, vigorous effort 8.0
    running jogging, in place 8.0

    And refers you to a downloadable PDF for more: http://prevention.sph.sc.edu/tools/docs/documents_compendium.pdf
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