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Article
The Effects of Interval Running Exercise on Acute Calorie Expenditure
Author(s)
Mehmet Yıldız and Zeki Akyıldız
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DOI:10.17265/2328-7136/2017.06.012
Affiliation(s)
School of Physical Education and Sports, Afyon Kocatepe University, Afyon 03200, Turkey
ABSTRACT
Interval training is getting more attention due to the rapid improvement
in fitness and health
level. This is so important for the people who have no much time to spend in gym or sports areas. Therefore, burning much more
calories in a short time is getting important for these busy people. The aim of this study was to investigate the
effect of interval running exercises on acute calorie consumption. Thirteen
female and ten male sedentary collegian students (age: 19.48 ± 1.64, height: 171.95 ± 8.14, weight: 65.91 ± 14.69) participated in the current study.
All participates performed a steady state running for 30 min with 8 km/hour speed and
interval running (6 km/h and 10 km/h with 1 minute
interval) for 30 min on a treadmill on
different days. Their calorie expenditure and other related gas parameters were measured with a mobile gas
analyzer. The paired t-test was used to compare two protocols for
the whole group. Moreover, the Wilcoxon test
was used to measure in order to detect significant differences between steady state and interval running protocols for male and female groups.
The results showed that there was no significant difference in calorie
consumption, CO2 production and RER
values, while the only difference was observed in O2 cost (p < 0.01) and heart rate in the
whole, male and female groups (p < 0.05). As a
conclusion, it was seen that interval running
caused no more calorie expenditure than the classical
steady state running acutely. Therefore, calorie burning may be delayed. There is a need for further study in
this area.
KEYWORDS
Interval running, calorie, expenditure.
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