After just three weeks of short, intense bike or sprint workouts, older men between 63 and 72 got better at bouncing back from muscle tiredness caused by repeated hard exercise — their muscles recovered faster and felt stronger afterward.

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Three-week sprint interval training (SIT) reduces cell-free DNA and low-frequency fatigue but does not induce VO2max improvement in older men

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2024 Apr

The study gave older men three weeks of short, intense bike sprints and found they bounced back faster from muscle fatigue afterward, which is exactly what the claim says.

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Three-week sprint interval training (SIT) reduces cell-free DNA and low-frequency fatigue but does not induce VO2max improvement in older men

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DOI: 10.1007/s00421-023-05366-2

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