The Claim
Higher exercise intensity stimulates mitochondrial biogenesis to a greater extent than moderate intensity exercise.
What the research says
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Exercising harder makes your cells create more energy factories (mitochondria) than exercising at a moderate level does.
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Higher exercise intensity provides a greater stimulus for mitochondrial biogenesis compared to moderate intensity exercise.
When you exercise very hard, your muscles produce more lactate and feel more stress. This turns on special switches inside the muscle cells, including a switch called PKC alpha, which only turns on during hard workouts. These switches tell the muscle to make more mitochondria (the part of the cell that makes energy). Also, lactate itself helps to activate these switches. So hard exercise gives a stronger signal to build more mitochondria than moderate exercise.
What the research says
1 studyExercising harder sends more signals to your muscle cells to create more energy factories, and this study shows high-intensity exercise turns on many more of these signals than moderate exercise.
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