2. Methods
2.1. Participants. Eight apparently healthy sedentary male
participants (34.3 ± 12.1 yrs, 179.1 ± 5.1 cm, 112.4 ± 20.1 kg)
participated in the study. Eligibility of participants for the
current study was based upon the following inclusion criteria:
(1) ≥20 yrs of age, (2) being considered obese by
the bray criteria determined from body fat percentage as
measured by dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) [22]
and (3) being healthy, without any serious metabolic, cardiovascular,
or endocrine diseases and not taking any prescribed
medications. Participants were considered sedentary because
they performed only activities of daily living (ADL) and
did not engage in any further exercise throughout the week.
Participants were verbally informed of all procedures and,
if willing to participate, read and signed a written consent
form and a Physical Activity Readiness Questionnaire (PARQ)
[23] prior to participation. The Memorial University of
Newfoundland Human Investigation Committee approved
this study (Health Research Ethics Authority number 11.319).