Excess Post-exercise Oxygen Consumption

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Excess Post-exercise Oxygen Consumption

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EPOC stands for Excess Post-exercise Oxygen
Consumption, and essentially describes the
attempt for your body to replenish itself of
oxygen after sustained exercise, generally
cardiovascular. Its more colloquially known as
the afterburn, and you can feel it whenever you
finish a run or a session of HIIT. You stop
exercising, you sit down or start stretching, but
you are still panting even though you arent
doing anything. That is EPOC. Because your
muscles are depleted of oxygen, your body keeps
working to return to a normal, resting state.
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Oxygen is needed to do that, so you continue to
breathe hard for a limited amount of time.
However, EPOC and the effects of intense exercise
can last much longer than youd realize. After
working out, your metabolic rate is increased and
drops as time goes on. Studies have shown that
the effects of exercise stick with you up to
thirty-eight hours after the workout was
completed. Now, your metabolic rate isnt going
to be as high as it was during exercise, and you
certainly wont be panting for that whole time,
but the effects will be there nonetheless.  
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