How many calories do i burn doing home repair (moderate effort) for 15 minutes minutes 154.3 pounds or 70 kilograms

How to calculate calories (burned)

The number of calories you burn while exercising is dependent on:

• the exercise you do
• your weight
• the time spent doing the activity

By multiplying the MET ^(*) value by the body weight in kg and the duration of the activity, you can estimate the energy expenditure in Kcal specific to a person's body weight. This statement can be expressed as the following formula:

In this example, doing home repair (moderate effort) at a 4.5 MET value, burns Kcal/kg x body weight/h.

So, a 70 kg individual doing home repair (moderate effort) for 15 minutes expends the following:

(4.5 METs x 70 kg) x (15 min/60 min) = 78.8 Kcal.

Notes:

• 4.5 is the value in METs for doing home repair (moderate effort)
• The time unit is expressed in minutes
• The mass (weight) unit is expressed in kilograms
• We divide the time by 60 (min) because the MET unit uses hour.

(*) MET means 'metabolic equivalent'

References:

• Compendium of Physical Activities: an update of activity codes and MET intensities
  AINSWORTH, BARBARA E.; HASKELL, WILLIAM L.; WHITT, MELICIA C.; IRWIN, MELINDA L.; SWARTZ, ANN M.; STRATH, SCOTT J.; O’BRIEN, WILLIAM L.; BASSETT, DAVID R. JR.; SCHMITZ, KATHRYN H.; EMPLAINCOURT, PATRICIA O.; JACOBS, DAVID R. JR.; LEON, ARTHUR S.
• MET Values for 800+ Activities

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