The Claim

Men who regularly engage in endurance or strength training have significantly lower mean heart rates during a single session of sprint interval exercise (5 × 10-second all-out bouts with 50-second recovery) compared to non-trained men.

Source: Effects of Dominance and Sprint Interval Exercise on Testosterone and Cortisol Levels in Strength-, Endurance-, and Non-Training Men

What the research says

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Correlation
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In plain English

Men who regularly exercise (like running for endurance or lifting weights for strength) have a lower average heart rate during a very intense short workout (five 10-second all-out sprints with 50-second rests) compared to men who don't exercise. This shows their hearts are better at handling intense exercise.

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Men who regularly engage in endurance or strength training have significantly lower mean heart rates during a single session of sprint interval exercise (5 × 10-second all-out bouts with 50-second recovery) compared to non-trained men, suggesting better cardiovascular efficiency and physiological tolerance to acute high-intensity exercise in trained individuals.

Why this might work

When you exercise often, your heart gets stronger and bigger. This lets it pump more blood with each beat. So during hard exercise, it doesn't need to beat as fast. Also, your body gets better at controlling your heart rate, keeping it calmer. So trained men have slower heartbeats during sprints.

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What the research says

1 study
  1. Study: Effects of Dominance and Sprint Interval Exercise on Testosterone and Cortisol Levels in Strength-, Endurance-, and Non-Training Men

    The study found that men who exercise regularly have lower heart rates during intense sprints than men who don't exercise, just like the claim says.

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