Do the speeds defined by the American College of Sports Medicine metabolic equation for running produce target energy expenditures during isocaloric exercise bouts?

• Published in: European journal of applied physiology 2012-08, Vol.112 (8), p.3019-3026
• Main Authors: Cunha, Felipe A., Catalão, Robert P. G., Midgley, Adrian W., Gurgel, Jonas, Porto, Flávia, Farinatti, Paulo T. V.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Aerobics; Biological and medical sciences; Biomedical and Life Sciences; Biomedicine; Body fat; Energy Metabolism; Exercise intensity; Exercise Test - standards; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; Guidelines as Topic; Health promotion; Heart Rate; Human Physiology; Humans; Male; Medicine; Metabolism; Models, Biological; Muscle Contraction; Muscle, Skeletal - metabolism; Occupational Medicine/Industrial Medicine; Original Article; Oxygen Consumption; Physical education; Physical fitness; Reproducibility of Results; Respiratory Mechanics; Running; Societies, Medical - standards; Sports Medicine; Sports Medicine - standards; Time Factors; United States; Vertebrates: body movement. Posture. Locomotion. Flight. Swimming. Physical exercise. Rest. Sports; Weight control; Young Adult
• ISSN: 1439-6319; 1439-6327
• DOI: 10.1007/s00421-011-2275-7

The accuracy of the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) equations for producing predicted values of heart rate reserve (HRR) and oxygen uptake reserve and consequently, target energy expenditure (EE) during exercise are yet to be established. This study investigated whether speeds defined by the ACSM metabolic equation for running correctly estimate the EEs during isocaloric exercise bouts. Twenty-eight men performed a ramp-incremental maximal exercise test to determine HR max and Two continuous exercise bouts at 60 and 80% and target EE of 400 kcal were then performed. In the 60% exercise the observed and EE were lower than predicted only during the first time quartile of the bout ( t  = 6.5, p