About this trial
Exercise can reduce the risk of several chronic diseases. However, recent studies have suggested sitting for too long before exercising can decrease exercise benefits. This study will help determine why this may occur.
Eligibility criteria
This trial accepts healthy volunteersQualifiers
• between the ages of 18-30 years old
Disqualifiers
• free from acute or chronic illness (cardiac, pulmonary, liver, or kidney abnormalities, cancer, uncontrolled hypertension, insulin- or non-insulin dependent diabetes or other known metabolic disorders)
do not take medications related to metabolism (i.e., statins, metformin, GLP-1 agonists)
free from orthopedic limitations (including any artificial joints)
currently smoke or participate in other forms of tobacco use.
Trial design
Crossover
Treatments tested in this trial
Decreased step count
BehavioralSubjects will walk less than 5,000 steps
Treatment groups
Trial outcomes
Primary outcomes
Concentration of metabolites within the plasma
We will collect blood before and immediately after exercise. Plasma will be separated and sent for untargeted metabolomic analysis.
Concentration of proteins within the plasma
We will collect blood before and immediately after exercise. Plasma will be separated and sent for untargeted proteomic analysis.
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