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Breathing and heart rate remain raised for minutes to hours while the body recovers. The figure is taken from NIGMS, which is linked in full on this page. Every fact on Mondo Knows names its source rather than repeating an unsourced claim.

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Oxygen use stays high after exercise ends

Breathing and heart rate remain raised for minutes to hours while the body recovers After hard exercise, oxygen consumption stays above resting level while the body restores its reserves. Stored oxygen in myoglobin is refilled, lactate is processed, and body temperature and hormones settle. The size and duration of this elevated phase depend on how hard and how long the effort was. It sits in Mondo's human body collection, one of 200 facts that each trace back to the reference below.

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Where does this come from, and can I check it?: Breathing and heart rate remain raised for minutes to hours while the body recovers. The figure is taken from NIGMS, which is linked in full on this page. Every fact on Mondo Knows names its source rather than repeating an unsourced claim.
Is this really a human body fact?: Yes. It sits on the Human Body shelf, one of 2,600 sourced facts grouped into space, animals, the human body, history, science and more. Category pages collect every fact in the same field.
What else can I read about it?: The links under the fact point to a quiz, game, puzzle or calculator on the same subject, and the shelf below shows related facts. The wording here is original, and quoted phrases are marked as quotations.