How long after a workout is your metabolism raised?

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Okay, somewhere I read that after a workout anywhere up to two hours to 8 hours your metabolism is stilled raised and u r burning more calories???

Also, read that, damn wish I had a memory here, that it doesn't matter the length of time( though it has to be at least 20 minutes of your heartbeat beating at your zone) you workout in regard to length of time that your metabolism will be raised.

Example: If you do an hour of aerobics - metabolism/fat burn is working for the next two hours.

If you do two hours of aerobics - metabolism/fat burn is working again only for the next two hours.

Though, if you break that up and do 2 - 30 minute sessions, once in the morning and once at night you get the benefit of your metabolism/fat burn being elevated for a longer period of time, in this example saying it is raised 2 hours after a half hour, now it would be raised 2 hours twice for a total of 4 hours of elevated metabolism/fat burn.

Okay, make sense? Love to hear from someone on this to have a better understanding.

Thanks in advance.
 
I'm sure there's a thread here somewhere that describes it -otherwise the lovely and talented Steve will know...

my guess will be though, that weight lifting is going to keep your metabolism working a lot longer than cardio will...
 
Thanks Mal,

Gees, just realized your stats (knew here and don't know Steve or the abbreviations, but just figured yours out) have to say, Way To Go!!!

Bad memory and reading mutliple things with multiple beliefs, gives me a multitude of confusion!!! Could be the blond thing!

But again, believe u have to have your heart rate at the target zone for at least 20 minutes for the benefits.

Thanks again,
 
Bad memory and reading mutliple things with multiple beliefs, gives me a multitude of confusion!!! Could be the blond thing!
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Nope, that's the internet nowadays. It confuses everyone. I can create a website based around how the color blue is really just a shade of red, and market it. Doesn't make it true.
 
Would the REAL Info Please Step Forward

Yeh James,

That's the problem - who the hell do u believe nowadays!

Just because someone has ripped body, still doesn't make them an expert. Wish there was a way to measure your metabolism. Actually, my neighbor who is a nutritionist said they have come out w/ a machine that can measure it. That was a few yrs ago and I believe the price was about $6,000 grand.

Boy, if one of us could invent the home metabolism checker, we make a fortune! I'm sure in a few years they will.

Of course, there is a lot of information based on facts, but the studies are flawed and it's like statistics, you can make anything work or the numbers look good.

Look at green tea, said it was good for ya and about a year ago said it offered no benefits. You see this all the time. Today soy is good for ya, next thing it isn't good for ya!

Man, starting to ramble and going off on a tangent!!!

think i am a little aadd - now what were we talking about? lol
 
Kind of depends on your intensity and impact level. I mean, you said "an hour of aerobics"... well, if my 1 hour workout consisted of light duty spinning on a stationary bike, I'd feel perfectly normal within a pretty short period of time. However, if that hour consisted of a bike race on crazy terrain with a real heavy bike, or a trail running race in the Rocky Mountains... I'd be wiped out for the rest of the day, my heart rate would stay elevated, I'd be wanting to eat like a horse, etc. I've had 1 hour bike rides from 7 pm to 8 pm that were so intense that 7.5 hours later at 3:30 AM I was finishing up watching my third 2 hour movie because I was so wired and my heart rate was so intense that I couldn't go to sleep to save my life, and nevermind the amount of food that I ate.
 
I've discussed this on the forum elsewhere.

Or type in "epoc" into something like wikipedia for a general explanation....
 
I asked there because somewhere in the past I read, that u actually benefit more by doing 2 30minute (1 in the morning and one in the evening) workouts rather than 1 60 minute workout due to what u r calling epoc.

So, now that I did a little research on it, didn't find out how long, but then it would make sense to split your cardio.

Thanks for the word, epoc, never would of found it w/out ya. lol
Can't say I've found your articles, but will continue the quest.

No, seriously, thanks.
 
Also I hear that the longer you have ben working out you can acutally burn more calories if you take an off day than if you weren't working out and laying around.

I guess that's why when I stopped working out last that it took a month to start puttingback on the pounds but then when it started it was so fast.
 
maleficent said:
can you provide a reference for that?

I find it difficult to believe that the number is that exact...
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Yup, in the next week (just friday, sorry, its the only day he gives us classes) I can ask the reference. Next friday we will start the sports nutrition classes, so it's cool, I also want to know exactly why he gave us that number.
 
Yup, in the next week (just friday, sorry, its the only day he gives us classes) I can ask the reference. Next friday we will start the sports nutrition classes, so it's cool, I also want to know exactly why he gave us that number.
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So regardless of exercise intensity or duration (among other factors) your metabolism stays elevated for exactly 16 hours?

Haha - I wouldn't quote that figure as an absolute. Many things affect ones degree of oxygen debt so there is no one universal number.
 
Trevor M. said:
So regardless of exercise intensity or duration (among other factors) your metabolism stays elevated for exactly 16 hours?

Haha - I wouldn't quote that figure as an absolute. Many things affect ones degree of oxygen debt so there is no one universal number.
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It's quite obvious that NOTHING related to human body is "absolute" and "universal".
But I won't start guessing around biochemical reasons to justify what he said, I'll just ask and report the reference to you ;)
 
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It's quite obvious that ANYTHING related to human body is "absolute" and "universal".
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Either I'm reading that incorrectly or your saying all human body's are identical?

None the less, were not talking about a physical property such as the number of fingers and toes. Were talking about a physiological response. To say that this response is equal in all people for all situations is completely retarded.

I can quote plenty of studies showing the degree of elevated metabolism (degree of oxygen debt) ranges from a few minutes to 36hours. All this depends on the severity and intensity along with duration of any given "workout" and of course the conditioning of the individual.

Simply saying "16hours" is not an answer nor is it correct. Simply review some of the few things that determine the affect of said EPOC proves this.

But I won't start guessing around biochemical reasons to justify what he said, I'll just ask and report the reference to you
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No need, you either heard him wrong or he doesn't know what he is talking about. There is no universal timeline for EPOC.
 
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