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1.0 - 2.5 METS
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Home: Sweeping floors, dusting, dishwashing, making the bed, dressing/undressing, sleeping.
Leisure: Board games/card playing, sewing with machine, driving, playing piano. Exercise: Walking at a slow pace, playing catch, horseback riding (walking). |
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2.6-4.0 METS
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Home: Childcare, general house cleaning, walking downstairs, raking lawn, walking and carrying 15 lb. load.
Leisure: Pitching horseshoes, home auto repair, planting shrubs, playing the drums, golf (using cart). Exercise: Very light stationary biking, stretching/yoga, walking at moderate speed, water aerobics. |
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>4.0-6.0 METS
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Home: Major housecleaning with vigorous effort (washing windows), moving furniture, scrubbing floors on hands and knees, painting.
Leisure: Roofing, hunting, carpentry, farming (feeding cattle), slow wood chopping. Exercise: General calisthenics, golf (carrying clubs), low impact aerobics/dance. |
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<6.0-10 METS
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Home: Carrying groceries upstairs, moving household items in boxes, shoveling more than 16 pounds per minute, walking or standing with objects over 50 lbs.
Leisure: Farming (bailing hay), moving heavy furniture, firefighter carrying hoses. Exercise: Swimming laps at moderate pace, high impact aerobics, jumping rope, running 10-12 min/mile. |
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What is a MET?
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METS are a unit of measure used to describe the amount of oxygen a body needs for a given activity. One MET is equal to oxygen consumption at rest or 3.5 ml of oxygen/kg of body weight/min.
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