Insulin Resistance and Resisted Exercise Post Burn

Rehabilitative exercise training will be performed as previously described. All exercises will be performed using free weights, elastic bands and variable-resistance machines. Modifications to exercises will be made when appropriate depending on the patient injury characteristics. The load will be gradually increased from 50-60% of 3RM at the beginning of the program up to 80-85% of 3RM (repetitions maximum) at the end of the program. All exercise sessions will be preceded by a 5-minute warm-up at \<50% VO2peak. No strength training activities will be permitted outside the supervised training session; however, both groups will be encouraged to maintain normal daily activities