#DailyBloggingChallenge (184/200)

Most #fitness trackers use METs to calulate calorie expediture. This makes it fairly difficult to calculate the MET for #rucking, since it varies on #ruck weight, movement speed, and incline percentage.

As an estimate one can use _hiking cross country_[^1] at 6.0 MET and taking the difference of _hiking hills, 12 lb pack_[^1] and _hiking up hill_[^1] one sees that every 2 lbs adds 0.1 MET.

$$
MET = 6.0 + (extra weight in lbs) / 20
$$

For example, let a person carry a 45 lbs ruck, then the MET is

$$
MET = 6.0 + 45 / 20 = 6.0 + 2.25 = 8.25
$$

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## Resoures

- [1](http://media.hypersites.com/clients/1235/filemanager/MHC/METs.pdf)