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When you exercise your body / muscles are doing extra work. They therefore require more oxygen for the cells. The body compensates this by increasing the cardiac output so that your heart pumps more blood and the breathing rate increases to supply more oxygen to the circulating blood. This is the cause of heavy breathing when running or exercising.

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