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Calories burned during exercise: Measure with METS

Posted February 26th, 2007 at 8:39 AM by Martha Jones

Section: Health & Fitness, Exercise, Weight Loss

To help you determine how many calories you use during various activities, scientists recommend a common measure called a MET, the amount of energy you use when you sleep.

It comes out to about one kilo-calorie per kilogram of body weight, or one half a calorie per pound. For example, a 130-pound person burns 60 calories per hour during sleep. A 155-pounder uses 70 calories per hour.

When you ride a bicycle at 12 miles per hour, you are exercising at about ten METS or 10 times the amount of energy that you use during sleep.
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