OXYGEN CONSUMPTION AFTER RESISTED EXERCISE: A CRITICAL APPROACH

CASTINHEIRAS NETO, A. G.; FARINATTI, P. T. V. Oxygen consumption after resisted exercise: a criticalapproach about the determinant factors of its magnitude and duration. Brazilian Journal Biomotricity, v. 3, n.2, p. 96-110, 2009. Resistance training (RT) may influence resting metabolic rate (RMR) increase. There is aconsensus that the volume of RT session may produce a higher caloric expenditure, and that the excesspost-exercise oxygen consumption (EPOC) may vary accordingly the purposes of the exercise program.However, it is not yet possible to define what or which prescription variables have greater impact on theEPOC. The aim of the present study was to review the studies that investigated the relationship between theEPOC and training variables. We included 17 studies that investigated the ECR protocols on the magnitudeand / or duration of EPOC. It must be emphasized the idea that the duration and, consequently, themagnitude of EPOC, tended to be strongly influenced by factors related to the design methodology of thestudies (RMR way of measuring the period of observation and the EPOC). Therefore, we need to definecriteria to support the standardization of these methodological issues, on behalf of better comparabilitybetween results for the consumption of oxygen during and after sessions of ECR.