Does your body still burn fat after a workout?
𝐃𝐢𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐚𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐛𝐨𝐝𝐲 𝐤𝐞𝐞𝐩𝐬 𝐛𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐚𝐭 𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐲𝐨𝐮’𝐫𝐞 𝐝𝐨𝐧𝐞? This is thanks to something called the afterburn effect, or EPOC (𝐄𝐱𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐏𝐨𝐬𝐭-𝐄𝐱𝐞𝐫𝐜𝐢𝐬𝐞 𝐎𝐱𝐲𝐠𝐞𝐧 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐮𝐦𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧). 𝐇𝐞𝐫𝐞’𝐬 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐢𝐭 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐬: resistance training puts stress on your muscles, and your body needs extra oxygen to repair itself and get back to its pre-exercise state. This increased oxygen demand means you’re burning calories well after your workout. Studies show that resistance training keeps the afterburn going longer than ....
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