Health & Fitness
Intermediate

Calories Burned (MET)

Energy used during exercise.

Formula

C=MET×m×tC = MET \times m \times t

Variables

METMetabolic equivalent
mMass (kg)
tTime (h)

Example

8 MET × 70 × 1 = 560 kcal

Did You Know?

Calories burned depend on the mysterious MET value, where sitting is 1 and vigorous running exceeds 10.

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