Recently I’ve been diving back into the world of exercise physiology research, especially as it relates to running performance. I got behind on following ex phys in grad school (too busy following biomechanics!), so it’s been a few years since I’ve caught up on the latest research.
This weekend I was reading about capillarization: the growth of new, tiny blood vessels–capillaries–that run between and around individual muscle fibers. Capillaries are super important for aerobic performance, since they’re the place where oxygen diffuses out of red blood cells and into muscle fibers.