-- Your metabolism stays
elevated hours after your workout is over.
Not exact matches
Namely, a 2003 study from Norway discovered that lifting heavy weights as opposed to moderate and light weights created a more intense, longer EPOC effect, while another study have found that a smartly - designed strength program can keep your metabolism
elevated for up to 38
hours after the
workout!
Some tests observed
elevated energy burn 38
hours after a
workout.
Taking protein in the
hours after a
workout will
elevate protein synthesis almost instantly helping the body to begin the process of repair and re-growth of damaged muscle fibres (7).
One study demonstrated this when they found that exercise involving 100 % intensity intervals led to
elevated fat burning for a full 24 -
hours after a
workout [2].
These can stay
elevated for a long time, (Mark Allen says up to 9
hours after a
workout), and affect sleep, especially if the
workout was later in the day.
It's particularly effective for your improving your excess post-oxygen consumption (your EPOC),
elevating your body's metabolism in the 36
hours after a
workout and allowing you to burn more calories.
Using TST, you not only burn calories faster during the actual
workout, but you KEEP BURNING FAT with an
elevated metabolic rate for up to 12 - 24
hours after each
workout!
Afterburn refers to the fact that
after an interval
workout, your body burns calories at an
elevated rate for up to 24
hours.