INS and Insulin resistance: Various reports describe improvements in insulin resistance (measured via HOMA-IR), fasting plasma insulin and fasting glucose following 25–60 min of walking or running at 50%–60% VO2 MAX (i.e., low to moderate intensity) three times per week (Damirchi et al., 2014; Herzig et al., 2014; Motahari-Tabari et al., 2014).