Exercise training and resting oxygen consumption

Summary Resting oxygen consumption was measured in trained and nontrained normal, hypophysectomized and thyroidectomized rats. No training effect was found for resting oxygen consumption in any of the groups after the 10 week training program. Evidence is presented which indicates that for animals of homogeneous body size, expressing metabolism as a function of body weight is no less valid than expressing metabolism as an exponential function of body weight.This work was supported by PHS grant AM 08893-4.PHS Trainee, Department of Physiology and Biophysics.