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Example 150# person = 68.2 kilo Here are the conversions, you’ll have to decide how fast and intense you shoveled and also take into account how heavy the snow is. The following numbers are based on ONE HOUR’s worth of work. Light Powdery snow, light effort (moving less than 10 pounds per minute) Quite a few inches of powder or couple inches of heavier snow (moving about 10-15 pounds per minute) Heavy wet snow, hard effort (moving over 16 pounds per minute) Brutal midwest and east coast “poundings” of wet snow OR the plow just came though and blocked your driveway (“I’m going to die” effort) Using a snow blower 4.5 X kilo weight = cals per hour These factors I’m using are METS or metabolic equivalents determined by the American College of Sports Medicine
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