EPOC studies for higher fat loss
Thursday, September 4th, 2008Here’s an interesting post I found on Alwyn Cosgrove’s blog. If you don’t know what EPOC is, it stands for Excess Post-Exercise Consumption, it’s really the amount of extra oxygen we consume after exercise to get back to a normal homeostasis in the body, all that extra oxygen helps the body work harder and burn more fat. EPOC is elevated when you train at high intensity with things like weight training, or intervals, or high intensity circuits. I talk about EPOC in my newsletters quite frequently. It’s one of the most important factors for fat loss. Here’s Alwyn’ s post:
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