How do I know if I am lightly active or moderately active?
How do I know if I am lightly active or moderately active?
Fewer than 1,000 steps a day is sedentary. 1,000 to 10,000 steps or about 4 miles a day is Lightly Active. 10,000 to 23,000 steps or 4 to 10 miles a day is considered Active. More than 23,000 steps or 10 miles a day is Highly active.
What is considered lightly or moderately active?
If you’re lightly active, your daily activities include: Activities of daily living only, such as shopping, cleaning, watering plants, taking out the trash, walking the dog, mowing the lawn and gardening. Daily exercise that is equal to walking for 30 minutes at 4mph.
What is moderately active mean?
Moderately active consists of walking 1.5 to 3 miles daily at a pace of 3 to 4 miles per hour (or the equivalent). An active person walks more than 3 miles daily at the same pace, or equivalent exercise.
How do I determine my activity level?
Add your two scores together to get your activity level. For example, a person with a sedentary job, who does 2 to 3 hours of exercise per week, will have an activity level of 5, slightly active. This is what you need to pick when using the YBP calorie and macro calculator.
What is the moderate activity?
Moderate-intensity activities are those that get you moving fast enough or strenuously enough to burn off three to six times as much energy per minute as you do when you are sitting quietly, or exercises that clock in at 3 to 6 METs. Vigorous-intensity activities burn more than 6 METs.
How do I know what my activity level is?
What is moderate activity level?
What is light activity level?
The definition for light intensity activity is an activity that is classified as < 3 METS. One MET, or metabolic equivalent, is the amount of oxygen consumed while sitting at rest. Thus, an activity classified as 2 METS would be equal to 2 times the amount of oxygen consumed while sitting at rest (1 MET).
What is my activity level?
For example, a person with a sedentary job, who does 2 to 3 hours of exercise per week, will have an activity level of 5, slightly active….ACTIVITY LEVEL RESULT.
| 2-3 | Sedentary lifestyle |
|---|---|
| 6-7 | Moderately active |
| 8-9 | Active lifestyle |
| 10 | Very active lifestyle |
What are moderate activities?
Moderate intensity activities are defined as activities ranging between 3 – < 6 METS. These activities require more oxygen consumption that light activities. Some examples of moderate physical activities include: sweeping the floor, walking briskly, slow dancing, vacuuming, washing windows, shooting a basketball.
What is considered moderate exercise?
All of the following fit the moderate definition of exercise: Walking two miles in 30 minutes. Biking five miles in 30 minutes. Swimming laps for 20 minutes. Running one and a half miles in 15 minutes.