After a super intense sprint workout, your body releases a tiny bit of DNA into your blood — and the more tired your muscles feel afterward, the more DNA shows up. This could mean that measuring this DNA helps doctors tell how hard your muscles were pushed.

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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 found that after one intense sprint workout, the amount of DNA in the blood went up, and this increase matched how tired the muscles felt — exactly what the claim says. This happened in both young and older men.

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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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