The Claim
During vigorous exercise, right ventricular ejection fraction increases in endurance-trained individuals and remains unchanged in untrained individuals.
What the research says
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During intense exercise, the right ventricle of the heart pumps more blood in endurance-trained people but not in people who are not trained.
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Right ventricular ejection fraction increases during vigorous exercise in endurance-trained individuals but remains unchanged in untrained individuals, suggesting enhanced right heart pumping efficiency in athletes during physical stress.
Endurance training makes the right side of the heart smaller and stronger, so it can push blood out faster and more completely during hard exercise. The heart doesn't need to fill with as much blood to pump the same amount out, and the chamber that receives blood from the body also changes to let blood flow through without holding it back.
What the research says
1 studyWhen athletes exercise hard, their right heart pumps more efficiently, squeezing out more blood with each beat—while in non-athletes, the right heart doesn’t change. This study proved it using detailed heart scans.
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