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. 2021 May 12:12:660818.
doi: 10.3389/fphys.2021.660818. eCollection 2021.

Exercise Is Medicine…and the Dose Matters

Sean P Langan  1 , Gregory J Grosicki  2
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Exercise Is Medicine…and the Dose Matters

Sean P Langan et al. Front Physiol. .
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Keywords: cardiovascular; exercise physiology; exercise prescription; human performance; metabolism; mitochondria.

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Comparing physiological adaptations between MICT and HIIT/SIT. Two arrows denotes greater magnitude of adaptation.
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