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Metabolic Equivalents and Running
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What are Metabolic Equivalents (METs) and Why are they so important to running? In this episode I discuss METs why we use them. I also discuss Matt Fitzgerald’s “80/20 Running” book and the article written by Dr. Cameron Gerber, PT, DPT on www.utahrunning.com (February 2019). METs allow us to determine how many calories are roughly burned based on body weight and activity. If you are not burning the right calories, the calories in/calories out method will likely not work to help you reduce weight or maintain optimal levels of nutrition to allow for proper recovery. Other resources can be found at www.whyiexercise.com/metabolic-equivalent. If you have any questions, send them my way brian@company5k.com. Thanks for listening and hope to have you back soon.
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