A new study has revealed that children may have muscles that can perform like those of endurance athletes.
Published in “Frontiers in Physiology”, the study had young boys, untrained men and endurance athletes perform high intensity exercises, then examined how quickly their muscles fatigued and recovered.
The study hopes to explain why 10-year-old boys seem so inde-fatigable, researcher Professor Tony Blazevich, from Edith Cowan University. said the study could be useful in showing where to focus training efforts in young athletes.