Exhaustive Training Increases Uncoupling Protein 2 Expression and Decreases Bcl-2/Bax Ratio in Rat Skeletal Muscle

Table 1

Training protocol.

Weeks	TC group			ET group
	Speed (m/min)	Grade (%)	Time (min)	Speed (m/min)	Grade (%)	Time (min)
1	15	2	40	15	2	40
2	20	10	50	20	10	60
3	25	10	60	25	10	90
4	30	5	60	30	5	120
5	30	5	60	30	5	120
6	30	8	60	30	8	120
7	35	10	30	35	10	Exhaustion*
8	35	15	30	35	15	Exhaustion*
9	35	15	30	35	15	Exhaustion*

∗Exhaustion was defined as the point at which the animals failed to get off the shock grid and had to be manually put back to the front of the treadmill for three consecutive occasions.