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The reason for the continued high heart rate on the first day of aerobic exercise.
Given:
An individual has just joined a class of aerobics exercise for the first time and calculates the heart rate. After the class, they notice that the rate of the heart remains high for some time and gradually falls and return to the normal state.
Introduction
Muscles are the tissue in the body that is fibrous in nature. Muscles utilize oxygen person breathe to break down the glucose molecule to produce ATP (adenosine triphosphate) and this process is known as
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