TABLE 14.

RMR before and after the HERITAGE exercise training program.

Resting Metabolic Rate	Pretraining			Posttraining
	Trial 1	Trial 2	Mean	Trial 3: 24 h	Trial 4: 72 h	Mean
V̇O2 (mL·min−1)
Men	253 ± 34	249 ± 32	252 ± 33	255 ± 34	253 ± 34	255 ± 33
Women	194 ± 29	196 ± 29	196 ± 31	198 ± 33	200 ± 32	199 ± 31
Total	226 ± 43	224 ± 42	225 ± 42	227 ± 44	228 ± 42	228 ± 42
MJ·d−1
Men	7.32 ± 0.97	7.25 ± 0.94	7.31 ± 0.95	7.37 ± 0.98	7.35 ± 0.98	7.38 ± 0.97
Women	5.62 ± 0.83	5.69 ± 0.91	5.70 ± 0.89	5.74 ± 0.95	5.80 ± 0.92	5.78 ± 0.89
Total	6.56 ± 1.24	6.51 ± 1.21	6.54 ± 1.22	6.56 ± 1.26	6.61 ± 1.23	6.61 ± 1.23
kJ·kg −1 FFM·d−1
Men	118.0 ± 11.7	117.6 ± 14.2	118.0 ± 12.6	117.1 ± 12.1	116.7 ± 14.6	117.2 ± 13.0
Women	125.9 ± 13.4	126.8 ± 14.2	127.2 ± 13.4	125.5 ± 13.4	128.9 ± 13.4	127.2 ± 12.1
Total	121.3 ± 13.0	121.3 ± 14.6	121.8 ± 13.8	121.3 ± 13.4	121.8 ± 15.1	121.8 ± 13.4

Mean ± SD. Maximum number of subjects: 40 men and 37 women. No significant effect of the training program was found on RMR expressed various ways.

Reproduced with permission from Wilmore et al. (153).