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Excess Post Oxygen Consumption
(IMO, the reason why I'm still sweating after showering from a hard workout.)
I wanted to keep this separate from the WDYDT fitness thread in case it goes up in flames and gets locked. Interesting article from Runner's World dated 3/14/2011.
Read the full article but here are some excerpts.
http://peakperformance.runnersworld.com/2011/03/march-14-the-afterburn-exists-and-it-can-be-very-significant.html
(IMO, the reason why I'm still sweating after showering from a hard workout.)
I wanted to keep this separate from the WDYDT fitness thread in case it goes up in flames and gets locked. Interesting article from Runner's World dated 3/14/2011.
Read the full article but here are some excerpts.
http://peakperformance.runnersworld.com/2011/03/march-14-the-afterburn-exists-and-it-can-be-very-significant.html
In Nieman's study, a group of 10 healthy young-adult males (including three clinically obese subjects) burned 519 calories while exercising for 45 minutes on an exercise bike. Then, over the next 14 hours, they burned an additional 190 calories (above their normal calorie burn) while just sitting around.That's a 37 percent boost beyond the calories burned on the bikes. Another way of looking at it: If you burn 500 calories by running about 5 miles, you can gain almost another 2 miles of running through your after-burn calories. Thus, 5 miles becomes 7 miles, at least in terms of calorie-burning. That's great news for runners and other vigorous exercisers.
The intensity (effort) of your workout is important.
Of course, they have to be careful not to overcompensate in their eating. You always have that. People always have to practice some restraint in their food consumption.