PageUNIT EQIVALENTS TO KNOW
1 mph = 26.8 m/min
1 MET = 3.5 ml O2/kg.min
1 inch = 2.54 cm
1 mile = 1.62 Km
2.205 lbs = 1 kg
1 ml O2 = .005 kcal
1 MET = 1 kcal/kg.hr
Practice Problems
1) Sally is a 29 year-old female who is 5 feet 4 inches tall and weighs 125 lbs. Using the Harris-Benedict equation determine her kcal/24 hr.
2) Dane is a 35 year-old male who is 72 inches tall and weighs 180 lbs. Using the Harris-Bennedict equation determine what his kcal/24.
3) How many cm is 98 inches?
4) How many inches is 172 cm?
5) How many kilometers is 7 miles?
6) How many miles is 26 kilometers?
7) Walking 3.4 mph equal what m/min?
8) Running 6.0 mph equal what m/min?
9) Walking 92 m/min equal what mph?
10) Running 180 m/min equal what mph?
11) 5 METs equal what ml O2/kg.min?
12) How many METs if you have 39 ml O2/kg.min?
13) A person weights 90 kg. What is his/her resting VO2 in ml O2 and l O2? What is the kcal/min?
14) A person weighs 56 kg. What is his/her resting VO2 in ml O2 and l O2? What is the kcal/min?
15) A 71 kg individual is working out at 7 METs. What is his/her VO2 (ml O2/kg/min) and Kcals?
16) Fred Fit (75 kg) jogs 2 miles in 24 minutes and 20 seconds. How many miles per hour is he jogging.
17) Samantha Steady State (56 kg) is walking at 3.7 mph. What is her energy expenditure in kcal/min. (Remember to add the resting component).
18) Bonnie Build (66 kg) is running at 4.6 mph. What is her energy expenditure in kcal/min. (Remember to add the resting component).
19) Fred Flexibility, who weighs 150 lbs, is working out at 9.5 METs. What is his kcal/min? how many Kcals will Fred expend in 40 minutes?
20) Cretia Curl-Up, who weighs 120 lbs, is working out at 24 ml O2/kg.min. How many kcals will Cretia expend in 25 minutes?
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