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If male lab rats swim for an hour, five days a week for three months, they can swim much longer by the end — up to 2.7 times longer — which means their stamina and heart-lung fitness really improved.
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Effects of physical training on the metabolic profile of rats exposed to chronic restraint stress
Randomized Controlled Trial
Animal
2024The study tested the exact same swimming routine described in the claim and found that rats became much more physically fit, just like the claim says.
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