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Muscle fatigue is a decreased ability to create force with your muscles. Electrolyte imbalance and overuse are some of the most common causes of muscle fatigue. Rest and massage are the best ways to ...

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Like all great villains, lactic acid has been misunderstood. We’ve been blaming it for the pain we suffer during intense exercise for more than two centuries. There’s nothing worse, we say, than the ...

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