What is thought to cause excess postexercise oxygen consumption?

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Hey, everyone. Let's take a look at this question together, excess post exercise, oxygen consumption or EPOC refers to the amount of oxygen the body needs to do. What is it? Answer choice. A stimulate action, potential answer choice B return to the resting state. Answer choice C open sodium channels or answer choice D open potassium channels. Let's work this problem out together to try to figure out which of the following answer choices best explains excess post exercise, oxygen consumption. So in order to solve this question, we have to recall what we have learned about what excess post exercise, oxygen consumption or EPOC is to determine which of the following answer. Choices is the correct answer. And we know that EPOC refers to the amount of oxygen that is consumed post exercise. Meaning that after exercising, the body wants to return to its resting state. After that intense physical activity of which that return to the resting state involves processes such as replenishing energy stores, clearing, metabolic by-product and restoring physiological functions to baseline levels. Therefore excess post exercise, oxygen consumption or EPOC refers to the amount of oxygen that the body needs to return to its resting state, which its answer choice be the correct answer. And all other answer choices are incorrect since they are not related to excess post exercise, oxygen consumption or EPOC. I hope you found this video to be helpful. Thank you and goodbye.