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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
Lifestyle
Miriam Stoppard

'Workouts become harder if you break good exercise habit due to crucial protein'

I’m all too aware that if I let my daily exercise lapse, it’s ­extremely hard to take up the reins and get back into my usual routine.

I thought that was just my muscles getting lazy but research from Leeds University shows it goes deeper.

My deconditioning could be due to the deactivation of a vital protein in the body called Piezo1, which increases the number of blood vessels carrying blood to the muscles.

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