08/16/2026
I was at the gym last week when Riley asked me about the cost-benefit of exercise in the smoke
I didn’t have a great answer for her
So I went looking for data
This is the first paper I found, and it answers the exact question we had
There are lots of assumptions in this, and the model is built for moderate physical activity
It may not apply for rigorous activity or otherwise
But it is a decent starting point and I am sure there are more studies out there addressing this question
DM or check out the full paper for more details:
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jshs.2020.09.008
MET of various activities study:
https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Standard-MET-values-for-study-activities-compared-with-the-MET-values-from-the-compendium_tbl3_41417115
AQI table ref:
https://metone.com/how-to-calculate-aqi-and-nowcast-indices/
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