On each of the five Trail Rx trails, we have calculated the average calories burned and the Metabolic Equivalent of Task (MET) that a person can expect to exert while walking, jogging, or running each trail. Click on this link and type in your weight to personalize your physical health results.
Some people aren't familiar with Metabolic Equivalent of Task (MET). Basically, MET is the ratio of the metabolic rate during exercise to the metabolic rate at rest. One MET corresponds to an energy expenditure of 1 kcal/kg/hour. If you look at the chart on this website, you can see that sitting and watching TV for one hour uses 1 MET. This corresponds to burning 1 kcal (which is what we refer to as a calorie)/kg/hour. So a 75 kg (165 lb) person would burn 75 calories (kcal) during one hour of sitting and watching TV. Because we don't all walk around with accurate calorie burning sensors, using METs is a useful way to calculate how much energy (how many calories are burned) during different types of activities.
Some people aren't familiar with Metabolic Equivalent of Task (MET). Basically, MET is the ratio of the metabolic rate during exercise to the metabolic rate at rest. One MET corresponds to an energy expenditure of 1 kcal/kg/hour. If you look at the chart on this website, you can see that sitting and watching TV for one hour uses 1 MET. This corresponds to burning 1 kcal (which is what we refer to as a calorie)/kg/hour. So a 75 kg (165 lb) person would burn 75 calories (kcal) during one hour of sitting and watching TV. Because we don't all walk around with accurate calorie burning sensors, using METs is a useful way to calculate how much energy (how many calories are burned) during different types of activities.
