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The Risks and Benefits of 'Too Much' Exercise

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” While an awe-inspiring anecdote, our knowledge of human limits, physiology, and the sheer number of participants in endurance sports is enough evidence to conclude that running a marathon won’t kill you. Physiologically Speaking is a reader-supported publication. Many, but not all, are cardiac-related issues (i.e.,

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Physiology Friday #235: What We Can Learn About Exercise and Aging From an Outlier of Human Physiology

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Welcome to the Physiology Friday newsletter. Physiologically Speaking is a reader-supported publication. This study is " atypical " because it’s a case study — an n=1 characterization of an extreme outlier of physiology, performance, and healthy aging. How much exercise is too much exercise?

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Physiology Friday #258: How Strength and Endurance Training Shape the Heart Differently in Men vs. Women

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Welcome to the Physiology Friday newsletter. Physiologically Speaking is a reader-supported publication. Exercise changes the heart. link] The underlying drivers of these adaptations are also exercise-mode specific: What causes these changes? 1 Cardiac adaptations to strength and endurance exercise.