What is the MET value?
A MET is a way to measure your body’s expenditure of energy. The higher the MET value of a particular activity, the more energy your muscles will need to expend to do that activity. Knowing the MET value of an activity can also be helpful in calculating how many calories you burn during exercise.
What are the 7 types of physical activity?
Examples of Aerobic Activities
- Pushing a grocery cart around a store.
- Gardening, such as digging or hoeing that causes your heart rate to go up.
- Walking, hiking, jogging, running.
- Water aerobics or swimming laps.
- Bicycling, skateboarding, rollerblading, and jumping rope.
- Ballroom dancing and aerobic dancing.
What are the 10 activities in physical?
10 Physical Activities: Choose Your Effective and Fun Workout
- Walking. 3.5 mph or 5.6 km/h or 17 min/mi. Time: 30 Minutes.
- Jogging. 5 mph or 8 km/h or 12 min/mi.
- Hiking. cross-country.
- Bicycling. 12-14 mph or 19-22 km/h.
- Swimming. general, light/moderate effort.
- Yoga. Hatha Yoga.
- Aerobics. general, high impact.
- Dancing. disco, ballroom.
What are the 5 types of physical activity?
Some examples of physical activity are:
- Going for a walk, bike, or run (join our indoor walking program).
- Doing household chores.
- Taking the stairs instead of the elevator.
- Playing at the park.
- Raking leaves or shovelling snow.
What is a MET score for physical activity?
One MET is the amount of energy used while sitting quietly. Physical activities may be rated using METs to indicate their intensity. For example, reading may use about 1.3 METs while running may use 8-9 METs. METs can also be translated into light, moderate, and vigorous intensities of exercise.
What is the MET value for sit ups?
| Physical Activity Intensity | MET |
|---|---|
| Moderate intensity activities | 3 to <6 |
| resistance training (weight) training, multiple exercises, 8-15 repetitions at varied resistance | 3.5 |
| calisthenics (e.g., push ups, sit ups, pull-ups, lunges), moderate effort | 3.8 |
| Pilates, general | 3.8 |
What are the 3 main types of physical activities?
Well, you need three main types of activity. They are aerobic (sometimes called “cardio”), muscle-strengthening, and bone-strengthening.
What are good physical activities?
These include:
- Walking.
- Dancing.
- Swimming.
- Water aerobics.
- Jogging and running.
- Aerobic exercise classes.
- Bicycle riding (stationary or on a path)
- Some gardening activities, such as raking and pushing a lawn mower.
What are 3 examples of moderate physical activity?
Examples of moderate intensity activities include:
- brisk walking.
- water aerobics.
- riding a bike.
- dancing.
- doubles tennis.
- pushing a lawn mower.
- hiking.
- rollerblading.
What are moderate physical activities?
Moderate-intensity activities are those that get you moving fast enough or strenuously enough to burn off three to six times as much energy per minute as you do when you are sitting quietly, or exercises that clock in at 3 to 6 METs.