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How does the respiratory system help with running?

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1. The endurance capacity of your respiratory muscles – including the diaphragm and intercostal muscles – increases, allowing deeper, fuller and more efficient breaths when you run. ... The more you run, the more alveoli you grow. These take oxygen and transport it into the capillaries.

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