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Too Much High-Intensity Exercise May Be Bad for Your Health (Published 2021)
A new study hints that excessive HIIT may harm your mitochondria, the energy generators found in every cell of your body.
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Excessive exercise training causes mitochondrial functional impairment and decreases glucose tolerance in healthy volunteers
Exercise training positively affects metabolic health through increased mitochondrial oxidative capacity and improved glucose regulation and is the first line of treatmen …
Endurance and Sprint Training Improve Glycemia and VO2peak, but only Frequent Endurance Benefits Blood Pressure and Lipidemia
As only high-frequency END improved BP and lipid tolerance, free-living glycemic regulation was better on days which participants exercised, and favorable individual resp …
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