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Exercise is the single most powerful intervention in the prevention of chronic disease. The data on cardiorespiratory fitness as a mortality predictor is more robust than the data on smoking, blood pressure, or LDL. Key sections include: Exercise Physiology.; Opening Why this matters.; Chapter I A.V. Hill, 1923.; Chapter II The headline number.; Chapter III Lactate, the misunderstood metabolite.; Chapter IV LT1 and LT2.; Chapter V Zone 2 training.; Chapter VI Slow- and fast-twitch.; Chapter VII The pump.; Chapter VIII The energy organelle..
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