Description
Orangetheory Fitness claims you can get up to a 36-hour EPOC/afterburn depending on your HR during the workout.
First: read this article by OTF: https://www.orangetheory.com/en-us/articles/what-your-heartrate-is-telling-you/Links to an external site.
Second: Using the IUPUI Library Research Guide in our Canvas course site OR using google scholar, search for a peer-reviewed journal article of an intervention study that examined exercise intensity and EPOC duration to support this claim. IMPORTANT NOTE: Please include original research articles only…no reviews of literature or meta-analyses will be accepted. The article should be an actual research study including the following sections: abstract, introduction, methods, results, and discussion/conclusion.
Third: Summarize the article in three sentences explaining the purpose, methods, and results of the study. (9 points)
Purpose of the study in one sentence:
Methods of the study in one sentence:
Results of the study in one sentence:
Fourth: Based on the study you summarized, do you believe the claim that EPOC can last for up to 36 hours is true? Explain why or why not. (3 points)
Your answer:
Fifth: Cite the article as follows – Authors, (year). Title, Journal, page numbers. (3 points)
6. Sixth: Citation:
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