Exercise (ft. Catriona Nguyen-Robertson)

Exercise: one of the four acceptable reasons to leave the house during COVID-19 lockdowns. We know exercise is good for us, but what is actually happening inside the body? Specifically, what impact is it having on our immune system? Joined by immunologist Catriona Nguyen-Robertson, Kate and Matt chat about exercise, and what working out might do to immune function.

They also chat muscle memory; do our muscles actually remember their past strength, or is it all in our brains?

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References:

https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fimmu.2018.00648/full?fbclid=IwAR2dpuIYqeCqOoTzGQGNL4Qd5a4GvB1LBWbLScXYiLrPXz1qtB8eKQkVNt0

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20713720/

https://www.pnas.org/content/107/34/15111

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-018-20287-3

https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fphys.2018.01887/full