Excess post-exercise oxygen consumption

And the second unique benefit of resistance training is the afterburn effect.

In the scientific literature, this is known as EPOC.

That's excess post-exercise oxygen consumption.

How does EPOC work? Why do we need excess oxygen?

When you perform an intense resistance training session, you are pushing your muscles beyond their current capacity.

You are creating microscopic tears in the muscle fibers.

... my God." Like, "You need to, like, go for a walk or do something," 'cause basically what would happen is there'd be 10 minutes in between the classes.

So by the time I'm in that 10-minute zone, I'm getting that EPOC high, which is that excess post-oxygen consumption and, like, where you're getting that euphoria.

So I'd be in that, that moment.

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Let's just say that's true.

Well, what about the afterburn? There's a scientific term called exercise post-oxygen consumption, EPOC.

To put it simply, the afterburn, your body burns more calories afterwards after you've lifted weights.

So muscle protein synthesis happens, and the sweet spot will be probably about 12 to 24 hours after, even longer with the muscle protein synthesis and the anabolic muscle building signal.