3 billion beats: all you need to know about how the heart works

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Our heart beats on average 1.16 times per second, or almost 70 times per minute, more than 100,000 times per day and 36.8 million times per year. The heart will have beaten 3 billion times for a person who reaches the age of 80.

This muscle, barely a few centimeters long, is the only one that never rests. However, not all hearts beat at the same rate, depending on each person’s physiology and physical condition. When we rest, the heart beats between 60 and 100 times per minute. In training, its rate quickens because it has to pump blood faster to supply the body’s cells with the oxygen and nutrients they need to function during exercise. How does the heart work? How is the heart rate regulated? What are the most common heart diseases? How to take good care of your heart?

At the end of the program, we find the sports Time.news of the Dr Jean Marc Senesports physician.

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