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Physiology Friday #261: Combining High-intensity Training with Frequent Activity Breaks Maximizes Cardiovascular Benefits

Physiologically Speaking

Equally alarming is that sedentary behavior rates are rising, and it’s a public health hazard. But this approach only applies to non-exercisers, right? Is the driving force behind exercise’s beneficial cardiovascular health benefits exercise itself, or would just moving more and sitting less achieve similar results?

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Physiology Friday #213: Stair Climbing 'Exercise Snacks' Increase VO2 Max

Physiologically Speaking

ICYMI On Wednesday, I published a post about the recent evidence on high-volume exercise and atherosclerosis in athletes. Physiologically Speaking is a reader-supported publication. . “Those who think they have not time for bodily exercise will sooner or later have to find time for illness.” Life gets busy.

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Your heart changes in size and shape with exercise—this can lead to heart problems for some athletes and gym rats

Medical Xpress - Cardiology

Exercise has long been recognized by clinicians, scientists and public health officials as an important way to maintain health throughout a person's lifespan. It improves overall fitness, helps build strong muscles and bones, reduces the risk of chronic disease, improves mood and slows physical decline.

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Adherence to phase I cardiac rehabilitation in post-PCI patients: a latent class analysis

Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

BackgroundCoronary heart disease seriously jeopardizes human health and has become a principal public health problem of global concern. While percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) repairs narrowed arteries and extends patients' lives, cardiac rehabilitation offers additional benefits post-PCI.

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Physiology Friday #234: Is It Time to Retire the Idea of the "Healthy Sedentary" Person?

Physiologically Speaking

FSTFUEL combines electrolytes with amino acids to help your body maintain hydration and optimal functioning during exercise or intermittent fasting, so you don't have to choose between fasting and fitness. In reference to persons, "accustomed to long sitting," 1660s, hence "inactive, not in the habit of exercise." Sedentary (adj.):

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Gut microbiota: a potential new regulator of hypertension

Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

Hypertension is a significant risk factor for cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases and has become a global public health concern. Finally, we review various regimens for better-controlling hypertension from the diet, exercise, drugs, antibiotics, probiotics, and fecal transplantation perspectives.

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Role of physical activity in cardiovascular disease prevention: impact of epigenetic modifications

Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

Cardiovascular disease (CVD) remains the leading cause of death worldwide, imposing a major burden on morbidity, quality of life, and societal costs, making prevention of CVD a top public health priority. However, the molecular mechanisms underlying the cardioprotective effects of exercise are still not fully understood.