Study suggests watching sports can make you fitter
Posted: Mon Nov 25, 2013 7:22 am
SYDNEY(AFP) -- Watching sport can make you fitter, according to research that says viewing other people exercise increases heart rate and other physiological measures as if you were working out yourself.
The study, published Sunday in the international journal Frontiers in Autonomic Neuroscience, showed that when watching a first person video of someone else running, heart rate, respiration, skin blood flow and sweat release all increased.
They returned to normal at the conclusion of the "jog."
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The study, published Sunday in the international journal Frontiers in Autonomic Neuroscience, showed that when watching a first person video of someone else running, heart rate, respiration, skin blood flow and sweat release all increased.
They returned to normal at the conclusion of the "jog."
Read more: http://www.ctvnews.ca/health/armchair-a ... z2lfeJfhG3