| Specific Activity Code | MET Value | Activity Description |
| 03005 | 6.0 | Afro-Cuban salsa (Cuban cha-cha-cha, mambo, Afro rumba, contratiempo son steps, orisha/santo movements) |
| 03010 | 5.0 | Ballet, modern, or jazz general, rehearsal or class |
| 03011 | 6.3 | Ballet exercises (plie, tendus, jetes, rond de Jambes, fondus, grand battement, grand adage, sautes, temp Leve’s) |
| 03012 | 6.8 | Ballet, modern, or jazz, performance, vigorous effort |
| 03014 | 4.8 | Tap |
| 03025 | 4.5 | Ethnic or cultural dancing (e.g. Greek, Middle Eastern, hula, salsa, merengue, bamba y plena, flamenco, belly, and swing) |
| 03028 | 5.5 | Chinese square dance, Ballet & Tibetan dance |
| 03029 | 7.3 | Chinese square dance, aerobic dance |
| 03030 | 5.5 | Ballroom dancing, fast (Taylor Code 125) |
| 03031 | 9.8 | Nightclub or folk dancing, vigorous effort (e.g., nightclub, disco, folk, line dancing, Irish step dancing, polka, contra) |
| 03033 | 5.0 | Folk dancing, moderate effort |
| 03038 | 11.3 | Ballroom dancing, competitive, general |
| 03039 | 13.0 | Ballroom dance, DanceSport competition (modern waltz, tango, Viennese waltz, slow fox, quick step, samba, chacha, rumba, paso doble, jive) |
| 03040 | 3.0 | Ballroom, slow, examples: waltz, foxtrot, slow dancing, samba tango, rumba, 19th century dance, mambo, cha cha |
| 03042 | 6.0 | Ballroom Dance, Recreational (Waltz, Foxtrot, Cha-cha, Swing) |
| 03050 | 5.5 | Anishinaabe Jingle dancing, brisk pace, other traditional American Indian dancing performed by women, moderate effort |
| 03060 | 3.5 | Caribbean dance (Abakua, Beguine, Bellair, Bongo, Brukin’s, Caribbean Quadrills, Dinki Mini, Gere, Gumbay, Ibo, Jonkonnu, Kumina, Oreisha, Jambu) |
| 03070 | 3.8 | Contemporary dancing, general |
| 03072 | 4.3 | Contemporary dancing, nightclub |
| 03075 | 8.5 | Flamenco dance |
| 03078 | 4.5 | Jazz dancing, general |
| 03080 | 10.3 | Musical Theater, Singing/dancing |
| 03085 | 5.8 | Polynesian dance, Hawaiian hula slow, Maori haka, Tongan |
| 03086 | 7.0 | Polynesian dance, Hawaiian hula fast, Samoan sasa, Fijian style fast, Filipino Tinikling |
| 03087 | 8.8 | Polynesian dance, Samoan slap, Tahitian |
| 03090 | 4.8 | Salsa Dancing, with partner |
| 03091 | 6.3 | Salsa dancing, to a video |
| 03093 | 5.5 | Square Dancing, American Western, country |
2024 Adult Compendium of Physical Activities
Compendium of Physical Activities 