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Estimate calories burned while packing, loading, carrying furniture, pushing heavy items, and using stairs.
This calculator estimates the energy cost of a moving day by pricing each job at its published MET value and applying kcal/min = MET x 3.5 x kg / 200. Packing boxes and loading a van are 3.5 METs, carrying furniture on the level is 5.8, pushing objects over about 35 kg is 7.5, and carrying boxes or furniture upstairs is 9.0 METs — higher than general jogging at 7.0. It reports the day's total, the minutes spent in the vigorous band at 6.0 METs and above, and the equivalent jogging time, so you can see why moving house leaves you as tired as a long training session.
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Stair carrying at 9.0 METs and heavy pushing at 7.5 are used as published, not softened into a generic chores figure.
Separates moderate minutes from vigorous minutes, and flags when part of your day crosses into the vigorous band.
Converts the total into minutes of jogging at 7.0 METs, which is a more intuitive yardstick than raw calories.
About 8.1 kcal a minute for an 80 kg adult carrying furniture on the level, which is 5.8 METs, and about 12.6 kcal a minute on the stairs at 9.0 METs. A full moving day of roughly four and a half active hours works out near 1,900 kcal at that body weight.
In volume terms, yes. A busy moving day can reach 20 to 25 MET-hours, comparable to three hours of jogging, and the stair and lifting components load the legs and back heavily. The loading is unbalanced and unplanned, though, which is exactly why injuries are common.
Carrying boxes or furniture upstairs, at 9.0 METs — the highest-rated task in the standard household list and higher than general jogging at 7.0 METs. Pushing or dragging objects over about 35 kg comes next at 7.5 METs.
You can count the minutes at 3.0 METs and above toward weekly activity guidelines, and the vigorous minutes count double toward the moderate-activity target. Because moving-day effort is unaccustomed and awkwardly loaded, expect more soreness than an equivalent workout — and see a doctor first if you have a heart or back condition.
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