shutterstock man on the couch remote control Watching sport can make you fitter, according to research Sunday that said viewing other people exercise increases heart rate and other physiological measures as if you were working out yourself. The study, published 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". Researchers said that importantly, for the first time, it was shown that muscle sympathetic nerve activity increased when people watched physical activity. "Recording...
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