Questions tagged [met]
Metabolic Equivalent of Task (MET): a metric used to express the relative energy cost of a physical activity, compared to the base a baseline of 1 MET attached to an individual while resting (sitting quietly).
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Energy expenditure (calories burned) equation for running
There are numerous online calorie calculators for running (e.g. from runners world). What is the underlying formula for calculating energy expenditure while running? This post has an excellent ...
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Metabolic Equations for Anaerobic Exercise?
I know several metabolic equations for estimating VO2 (and therefore calories burned) for steady state exercise, but how is VO2 and caloric expenditure estimated through exercises like power lifting ...
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Calories burn rate calculation -- scientific studies
There are many online calculators for measuring walking/running/bicycling calories burn rate. They differ in input parameters like some might need my weight as well as height and some don't. Almost ...
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How can I calculate calories burned during an activity?
I've found various online "calculators" for looking up how many calories are burned when doing an exercise like using an Elliptical machine.
Is there a way to calculate how many calories I burned ...
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What is this seemingly random value when working out calories burned?
I've tried to keep this question as non-programmer-friendly as possible, but please let me know if you don't understand something.
I'm a software developer and I'm looking over some old code and I ...
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