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MET?

What does this MET mean? The majority of the benefits from exercise are achieved with around 3500 metabolic equivalent (MET) minutes per week, with diminishing returns at higher levels of activity.[15] For example, climbing stairs 10 minutes, vacuuming 15 minutes, gardening 20 minutes, running 20 minutes, and walking or bicycling for transportation 25 minutes on a daily basis would together achieve about 3000 MET minutes a week.[15] Exercise#Health effects 2001:8003:740C:FC00:DC58:7C19:897:8EB7 (talk) 08:20, 16 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

See Metabolic equivalent of task.--Shantavira|^{feed me} 08:28, 16 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

That's not what I meant I get that it's Metabolic equivalent of task but what is this saying what does it mean I don't understand it? The majority of the benefits from exercise are achieved with around 3500 metabolic equivalent (MET) minutes per week, with diminishing returns at higher levels of activity.[15] For example, climbing stairs 10 minutes, vacuuming 15 minutes, gardening 20 minutes, running 20 minutes, and walking or bicycling for transportation 25 minutes on a daily basis would together achieve about 3000 MET minutes a week.[15] Exercise#Health effects

It may (?) relate to Submodular set function (good luck trying to make sense of that article). 2603:6081:1C00:1187:38EE:DBE:568A:B018 (talk) 20:49, 16 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Using the conventional reference value of 3.5 mL of oxygen per kilogram per minute, an 80 kg person performs activities for a total of 3500 MET minutes if they use 3500 min × 80 kg × 3.5 mL / kg / min = 980 L of oxygen for that activity. That can be an activity at the 5 MET level during 700 minutes (such as weight lifting), or an activity at the 12.5 MET level during 280 minutes (such as running). Or it can be a mix: 5 MET level for 400 minutes and 10 MET level for 150 minutes. --Lambiam 22:22, 16 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]