Review Article

Influence of Resistance Training Variables on Excess Postexercise Oxygen Consumption: A Systematic Review

Table 1

Sample, characteristics, and results of studies that investigated the EPOC in resistance exercise.

StudiesSample (age)Training sessionTime of analysis EPOC (min)Duration of EPOC (min)Magnitude of EPOC (kcal)

Elliot et al. [20]4M-T e 5F-T (26 yrs)4 sets (C), 50% of 1RM (15 rep), RI 30 s   and 3 sets (PS) 85% of 1RM (5 rep), RI 90 s   (8 exercises)9030 and
Murphy and Schwarzkopf [18]10F-T (  yrs)3 sets (C) 50% of 1RM, RI 30 s and   3 sets (PS) 80% of 1RM, RI 2 min   (6 exercises)2020 e 1525* and 14
Melby et al. [11]7M-T (  yrs)6 sets (PS) 70% of 1RM, RI 3 min and   5 sets (PS) 70% of 1RM, RI 4 min   (10 exercises)900900113 and 114
Olds and Abernethy [28]7M-T (  yrs)2 sets (PS) 75% of 1RM, RI 3.5 min and   2 sets (PS) 60% of 1RM, RI 3.5 min  (7 exercises)30060 and
Haltom et al. [12]7M-T (  yrs)2 sets (C) 20 rep with 75% of 20RM, RI 20 s and   2 sets (C) 20 rep with 75% of 20RM, RI 60 s   (8 exercises)606051 ± 2* and
Thornton and Potteiger [26]14F-T (  yrs)2 sets (PS) 85% of 1RM (8 rep), RI 1 min and   2 sets (PS) 45% of 1RM (15 rep), RI 1 min   (9 exercises)1202011.0 ± 1.9* and
Hunter et al. [23]7M-T (  yrs)2 sets (PS) 8 rep with 65% of 1RM, 1 s conc./1 s exc., RI 1 min and   2 sets (PS) 8 rep with 25% of 1RM, 10 s conc./5 s exc., RI 1 min  (10 exercises)1.3201541* and 34
Kang et al. [30]11M-T (  yrs)4 sets (PS) 60% of 1RM, RI 3 min,   4 sets (PS) 75% of 1RM, RI 3 min and   4 sets (PS) 90% of 1RM, RI 3 min   (1 exercise)4010 24, 27, and
Haddock and Wilkin [15]15F-T (  yrs)3 sets (PS) 8RM, RI 1.5 min and  1 set (PS) 8RM, RI 1.5 min  (9 exercises)120120 , and
Ratamess et al. [22]8M-T (  yrs)5 sets (PS) 75% of 1RM (10 rep), RI 0.5 to 5 min and   5 sets (PS) 85% of 1RM (5 rep), RI 0.5 to 5 min   (1 exercise)303052 to 45* and 56 a 46*
Mazzetti et al. [24]9M-T (  yrs)4 sets (PS) 60% of 1RM, RI 90 s;   4 sets (PS) 60% of 1RM, RI 90 s and   6 sets (PS) 80% of 1RM, RI 90 s  (1 exercise)604549, 58 and 39*
Farinatti et al. [16]10F-T (  yrs)3 sets (PS) 10RM, RI 3 min and   3 sets (PS) 10RM, RI 3 min   (3 exercises)2020 and
Scott et al. [19]13M-T (  yrs)1 set 36% of 1RM (37 rep)   1 set 46% of 1RM (26 rep)   1 set 55% of 1RM (20 rep)   1 set 70% of 1RM (12 rep)   1 set 80% of 1RM (8 rep) and 1 set 90% of 1RM (5 rep)   (1 exercise)NDND
Da Silva et al. [17]8F-T   (  yrs)3 sets (C) 50–55% of 1RM and   3 sets (PE) 50–55% of 1RM  (7 exercises)303034.7 and 34.8
Thornton et al. [27]10F-NT (  yrs)3 sets (PS) 45% of 1RM (15 rep), RI 1 min and   3 sets (PS) 85% of 1RM (8 rep), RI 1 min   (9 exercises)305 and *
Kelleher et al. [25]10M-T (  yrs) 4 sets (PS) 10RM, RI 1 min and  4 sets (A/A) 10RM, RI 1 min   (6 exercises)60ND and *

M: males; F: females; T: trained; UT: untrained; years: mean ± standard deviation; RM: repetition maximum; rep: number of repetitions; RI: rest interval; C: circuit training; PS: progressive sets; A/A: agonist/antagonist; conc.: concentric; exc.: eccentric; PE: preexhaustion; s: seconds; min: minutes. *Indicates significant difference between groups.