What is a MET

by gary on Feb.05, 2010,under Sports

No, it is not a member of a professional sporting team.  MET is the acronym for Metabolic EquvalenT.  1 MET is the energy consumed by the body at rest.  For example sitting at home reading the paper would consume 1 MET while playing soccer consumes 7 METS.  For a better understanding of how your activities corelates to Metabolic Equivalents please see this chart.

2 comments

Comment from: bloggera [Member] Email
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bloggeraVery interesting information. I wonder how much sleep is?
02/13/10 @ 10:59
Comment from: W [Visitor]
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WVery interesting topic. It always amazes to me how much information there is for one to learn.
03/30/10 @ 08:23

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