Endurance Training Improves Fat Partitioning

April 9th, 2008 | by David Spelts |

Endurance trained athletes possess increased insulin sensitivity and fat oxidative capacity over untrained individuals.  They also have increased levels of intramuscular fat known as intramyocellular lipid.  It appears that aerobic exercise training increases levels of this fat while improving obesity indices.

A 16 week moderate aerobic exercise training program produced a 21% increase in intramyocellular lipid in overweight individuals, while other obesity indices improved.   The increase in insulin sensitivity to aerobic training may be the cause of the improved fat partitioning.

Aerobic training also improved fat oxidative capacity, glycogen content, capillary density and muscle fiber type.

PMID: 18319352

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  1. One Response to “Endurance Training Improves Fat Partitioning”

  2. By Total Gym on Jun 10, 2008 | Reply

    Yes endurance training like aerobics improves fat partitioning. It also improves fat oxidative capacity, glycogen content, capillary density and muscle fiber type. But I think it would be more effective if you do it in the evening because you will be stimulating your metabolism at a time it would normally start to slow down. Your metabolism is naturally stimulated in the morning but tails off in the evening.

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