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Heart Rate And Exercise: Why HR Variability May Be The New Frontier

The Real Science of Sport Podcast

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The Heart Is Not Metronomic and Otherwiseis It Doesn't Beat Every Second

Our heart does not beat at a constant frequency. And there is always some valiability between bits, and that is due to the autonomic nervous system. A influence of the palace in partanervous system not only reduces hartrate, but also increases the variability between bits. Heart rate varability is a bit more sensitive to stress. So if we're interested in the stress response, then the change in resting heart rate typically is much lower.

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