How long after a workout is your metabolism raised?

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.


No need, you either heard him wrong or he doesn't know what he is talking about. There is no universal timeline for EPOC.

I wanted to say nothing, sorry!
There's no need to be rude and call names or judge other people ok? We're here just to talk. And you shoulnt be judging someone who you dont know, because if you knew the man, you surely wouldnt be saying that.
I already know why he said the 16 hours.

"Studies have shown metabolism to remain elevated for hours following resistance exercise, but none have gone beyond 16 h, nor have they followed a whole body, high intensity exercise protocol. To examine the duration of excess post-exercise oxygen consumption (EPOC) following a period of heavy resistance exercise, seven healthy men [mean (SD) age 22 (3) years, height 177 (8) cm, mass 83 (10) kg, percentage body fat 10.4 (4.2)%] engaged in a 31 min period of resistance exercise, consisting of four circuits of bench press, power cleans, and squats. Each set was performed using the subject's own predetermined ten-repetition maximum and continued until failure. Oxygen consumption ( ) measurements were obtained at consistent times (34 h pre-, 29 h pre-, 24 h pre-, 10 h pre-, 5 h pre-, immediately post-, 14 h post-, 19 h post-, 24 h post-, 38 h post-, 43 h post-, and 48 h post-exercise). Post-exercise measurements were compared to the baseline measurements made at the same time of day. The was significantly elevated ( P<0.05) above baseline values at immediately post, 14, 19, and 38 h post-exercise. Mean daily values for both post-exercise days were also significantly elevated above the mean value for the baseline day. These results suggest that EPOC duration following resistance exercise extends well beyond the previously reported duration of 16 h. The duration and magnitude of the EPOC observed in this study indicates the importance of future research to examine a possible role for high intensity resistance training in a weight management program for various populations.

PMID: 11882927 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]"

Obviously the man is outdated about this matter, and I will show him this abstract.
 
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There's no need to be rude and call names or judge other people ok? We're here just to talk. And you shoulnt be judging someone who you dont know, because if you knew the man, you surely wouldnt be saying that.
Not being rude nor did I call anyone a name. As you said "the man is outdated".
Its not a judgment its a fact. On this matter he didn't know what he was talking about. As the information he gave you was false.
 
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Meta-analysis of various studies has shown that metabolic increases vary primarily on the following factors:

a) training expertise
b) exercise intensity
c) exercise duration
d) number of muscle groups activated

Thus, trained individuals training past 75% of their 1 rep max (MVC) for periods greater than 45 minutes who complete full body workouts achieve the most metabolic gain from a workout.

The interplay of these factors is unknown but what can be parsed from the data is that training expertise (those who have participated in resistance exercise for more than 6 months continuously) is the single greatest factor (r = .39 r^2 = 15.2% of the variation).

The functional or in laymen's terms 'useful metabolic advantage' time range appears to be anywhere from 4 hours to 36 hours.

Michael
 
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