Activity Levels
ACTIVITY LEVELS
WHAT TYPE ARE YOU?
SEDENTARY
If you’re sedentary, your daily activities ( Activities of daily living only) include:
- Shopping
- Cleaning
- Watering Plants
- Taking out the Trash
- Walking the Dog
- Mowing the Lawn
- Gardening
No moderate or vigorous activities.
Unless you do at least 30 minutes per day of intentional exercise, you are considered sedentary.
Spending most of the day sitting (e.g. bank teller, desk job)
The majority of people will be considered sedentary.
LIGHTLY ACTIVE
If you’re lightly active, your daily activities ( Activities of daily living only) include:
- Shopping
- Cleaning
- Watering Plants
- Taking out the Trash
- Walking the Dog
- Mowing the Lawn
- Gardening
Daily exercise is equal to walking for 30 minutes at 4mph. For an adult of average weight, this amount of exercise will burn about 130-160 additional calories.
More intense exercise can be performed for less time to achieve the same goal. For example, 15-20 minutes of vigorous activity, such as: aerobics, skiing, or jogging daily would put you in this category.
Spending a good part of the day on your feet
ACTIVE
If you’re active, your daily activities ( Activities of daily living only) include:
- Shopping
- Cleaning
- Watering Plants
- Taking out the Trash
- Walking the Dog
- Mowing the Lawn
- Gardening
Daily exercise that is equal to walking for 1 hour and 45 minutes at 4mph. For an adult of average weight, this amount of exercise will burn about 470-580 additional calories.
More intense exercise can be performed for less time. For example, jogging for 50 minutes per day.
Spending a good part of the day doing some physical activity.
VERY ACTIVE
If you’re very active, your daily activities ( Activities of daily living only) include:
- Shopping
- Cleaning
- Watering Plants
- Taking out the Trash
- Walking the Dog
- Mowing the Lawn
- Gardening
Daily exercise that is equal to walking for 4 hours and 15 minutes at 4mph. For an adult of average weight, this amount of exercise will burn about 1,150-1400 additional calories.
More intense exercise can be performed for less time. For example, jogging for 2 hours minutes per day.
Spending most of the day doing heavy physical activity (e.g. bike messenger, carpenter)
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