What is NEAT?
NEAT stands for Non-Exercise Activity Thermogenesis and covers all energy used for all activities, excluding sleeping, eating and exercising.
Depending on the amount of exercise, this accounts for approximately 5 to 20% of your total energy needs.
Some examples:
- Walking around the house, to the shop, work, school...
- Cycling to the shop, work, school...
- Taking the stairs
- Doing housework: vacuuming, washing up, mopping, hanging laundry,...
- DIY tasks
- Gardening
- ...
But also:
- Fidgeting in your chair
- Playing with your pen
- Twiddling your fingers
- Tapping your feet
- ...
It is especially the latter that determines whether you have a fast or slow metabolism. People with a "fast" metabolism burn more energy through small, unconscious movements.
Bart Vandenbussche is passionate about sport and never shies away from a sporting challenge. He has run several marathons (including sub-3h), is an Iron+Ultra Viking, and currently has the Hyrox bug.
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