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The Science of Endurance

The Real Science of Sport Podcast

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Is There a Point at Which Too Much Exercise Is Harmful?

Exercising too much can cause physical problems that will potentially norids is a consequence of excessive exercise relative to energy intact. There has been, it's probably a decade old now, this theory that ultra endurance and endurance exercise damages the heart in the long term. It might be that athletes cause themselves to be more likely to get atral fibrulation because the heart muscle potentially gets bigger.

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