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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: Med Sci Sports Exerc. 2015 Sep;47(9):1950–1957. doi: 10.1249/MSS.0000000000000622

Table 2.

Submaximal 3 mph flat walking and 2.5% grade walking economies and heart rates.

Variable Groups Over-weight Post over- weight Delta (Post – Overweight) P

3 mph submax walk heart rate (beats/min) Aerobic 121±14 110±17** −11±13 Time < 0.01
Resistance 120±13 109±15** −11±11 Group = 0.73
No Exercise 118±15 109±15** − 9±11 T x G = 0.80

3 mph submax walk VO2 (ml/kg/min) Aerobic 12.1±1.4 11.9±1.4 −0.2±1.5 Time = 0.62
Resistance 12.0±1.3 11.7±1.5 −0.3±1.8 Group = 0.84
No Exercise 11.9±1.5 12.2±1.7 +0.3±1.8 T x G = 0.32

3 mph submax walk net VO2 (ml/kg/min) Aerobic 9.4±1.1 9.0±1.5 −0.4±1.6 Time < 0.04
Resistance 9.4±1.2 8.8±1.4* −0.6±1.6 Group = 0.74
No Exercise 9.2±1.5 9.4±1.6 +0.2±1.5 T x G = 0.11

3 mph submax grade walk heart rate (beats/min) Aerobic 137±15 124±17** −13±12 Time < 0.01
Resistance 135±14 122±16** −13±11 Group = 0.78
No Exercise 134±17 123±16** −11±12 T x G = 0.82

3 mph submax grade walk VO2 (ml/kg/min) Aerobic 14.7±1.4 14.8±1.6 +0.1±1.5 Time = 0.19
Resistance 14.6±1.6 14.6±1.5 0.0±1.9 Group = 0.71
No Exercise 14.5±1.7 15.0±1.8 +0.5±1.9 T x G = 0.42

3 mph submax grade walk net VO2 (ml/kg/min) Aerobic 12.3±1.3 12.0±1.3 −0.3±1.4 Time = 0.37
Resistance 12.2±1.3 11.6±1.4 −0.6±1.8 Group = 0.68
No Exercise 11.9±1.6 12.2±1.6 +0.3±1.7 T x G = 0.12

Average 2 task heart rate (beats/min) Aerobic 129±14 117±17 −12±12 Time < 0.01
Resistance 127±13 116±15 −11±10 Group = 0.71
No Exercise 126±16 115±15 −11±11 T x G = 0.78

Average 2 task VO2 (ml/kg/min) Aerobic 13.4±1.2 13.4±1.4 0.0±1.4 Time = 0.63
Resistance 13.3±1.4 13.1±1.5 −0.2±1.8 Group = 0.80
No Exercise 13.2±1.5 13.6±1.7 +0.4±1.7 T x G = 0.80

Average 2 task net VO2 (ml/kg/min) Aerobic 10.9±1.2 10.6±1.3 − 0.3±1.4 Time = 0.13
Resistance 10.8±1.4 10.2±1.4* −0.6±1.7 Group = 0.70
No Exercise 10.6±1.5 10.81.8 +0.2±1.7 T x G = 0.21

Significant post hoc difference from overweight state, p <0.05

Significant post hoc difference from overweight state, p < 0.01