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2026-05-29 02:42:41 UTC · anthropic/claude-sonnet-4-5

Prompt

In 3-4 sentences, explain the EPOC (afterburn) effect. State any key formula.
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Generation

# EPOC (Afterburn) Effect EPOC (Excess Post-exercise Oxygen Consumption) refers to the elevated rate of oxygen intake following strenuous activity, representing the body's effort to restore homeostasis and return to its pre-exercise state. During this recovery period, the body consumes additional oxygen to replenish ATP and phosphocreatine stores, clear lactate, repair muscle tissue, and restore normal body temperature and hormone levels. This process results in continued calorie expenditure after exercise ends, hence the term "afterburn effect." **Key Formula:** **EPOC (L) = Total O₂ consumed during recovery - Baseline O₂ consumption** Or expressed as: **Excess calories burned = EPOC volume (L O₂) × 5 kcal/L O₂**
31 tokens in · 188 tokens out · 5859 ms · $0.0029

The four gates

RED
pass
no disqualifying input patterns detected
FLOOR
pass
output above protective minimum; no mismatches
WAY
pass
no declared way_path (Way check NA); no coercion language
EXECUTION
deferred
no witnesses available (Witness Roll not yet constituted)

Verifier results

scripture_anchors NOT_APPLICABLE
0 Scripture citation(s) extracted
theology_doctrine NOT_APPLICABLE
no doctrine keyword patterns detected

Metrics

Total latency
5867.0 ms
Base LLM
5859.5 ms
Verifiers
0.3 ms
Gates
0.1 ms
Cost
$0.0029

Trail

02:42:41 received prompt_chars=77 verifiers=['scripture_anchors', 'theology_doctrine']
02:42:41 red_gate decision=pass reason=no disqualifying input patterns detected
02:42:46 base_llm_call model=anthropic/claude-sonnet-4-5 tokens_in=31 tokens_out=188 latency_ms=5859.5 cost_usd=0.0029
02:42:46 verifier:scripture_anchors verdict=NOT_APPLICABLE summary=0 Scripture citation(s) extracted
02:42:46 verifier:theology_doctrine verdict=NOT_APPLICABLE summary=no doctrine keyword patterns detected
02:42:46 floor_gate decision=pass reason=output above protective minimum; no mismatches
02:42:46 way_gate decision=pass reason=no declared way_path (Way check NA); no coercion language
02:42:46 execution_gate decision=deferred reason=no witnesses available (Witness Roll not yet constituted)
02:42:46 signed hash_algo=sha256 hash=sha256:059c7b0a4c31dd6e772cc0c9ea8a8c0c271033bff743d34a5494d2ae21979b12

Content hash

sha256:059c7b0a4c31dd6e772cc0c9ea8a8c0c271033bff743d34a5494d2ae21979b12

SHA256 over the canonical JSON (excluding this field). Tamper detection. Ed25519 signing planned for v2 once the operator’s signing key is provisioned on disk.

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