Why isn’t our heart tired after beating for so long?

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Why isn’t our heart tired after beating for so long?

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Your heart is designed to beat non-stop for ~75 years at a gradually-reducing average rate (~160bpm in utero down to ~65bpm when you reach “old age”)

All other things being equal, you’ve got X many beats before it’s done – so your heart *does* “get tired”, it just takes a really long time to do so

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