Epoc

[Shawnbk1]

EPOC - anaerobic vs aerobic

In a research review by Bersheim and Bahr (2003), they found heavy resistance training tends to produce the biggest effects, and the wiki for EPOC shows in a 1992 Purdue study, results showed that high intensity, anaerobic type exercise resulted in a significantly greater magnitude of EPOC than the aerobic exercise of equal work output.

Is any of this significant enough to change programming for a weight-loss client or considerable enough to make changes in a nutrition plan for someone trying to gain weight?

What are your thoughts on what would create the largest post-exercise oxygen consumption and how do our bodies adapt to it over time?

Thanks.

[Jordan_Feigenbaum]

@Shawnbk1

Is any of this significant enough to change programming for a weight-loss client or considerable enough to make changes in a nutrition plan for someone trying to gain weight?

In most cases, the difference over 24 hours is a rounding error for Calories…e.g. 20-50kCal. Not worth worrying about IMO.

@Shawnbk1

What are your thoughts on what would create the largest post-exercise oxygen consumption and how do our bodies adapt to it over time?

Something very anaerobic with lots of volume, but again…it’s relatively meaningless.