Myocardial Fibrosis in Athletes: Risk Marker or Physiological Adaptation?(mdpi.com)
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Myocardial Fibrosis in Athletes: Risk Marker or Physiological Adaptation?
https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9059/13/11/2747
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I don't know about this one in particular, but I hike. Endurance, but not at the level they are talking about. I had a cardiac stress echo last year and I've had an EKG since--both show changes that don't seem to concern the docs. Dr. Google comes back with this might be a risk...or this might be normal for an athlete.
My grandfather started his career in the Polish mafia and eventually went straight to work as a laborer and then a bricklayer, he was told he had an "enlarged heart".
I got a bunch of workups because I fainted when exercising on a hot day when I'd eaten a bit too much and was a little infatuated with the instructor (I was the only student.) I got the plain echo and a stress echo and was told I had athlete's heart which they are not so sure if it is good or bad. I also wore a Holter monitor for 30 days and literally at the last 5 minutes of the period I had two bad heart beats so now I have A-Fib on my chart and my doc says the athlete's heart can make it worse so since then I'm only supposed to do an hour a day of cardio.
When all this was going on I had manifested an "evil twin" whose harebraned scheme had just blown up right at the time I had those two bad heartbeats and I can't believe the emotional distress I'd caused myself hadn't had anything to do it. I have one of those Kardia cards and haven't seen it happen again.
I got a bunch of workups because I fainted when exercising on a hot day when I'd eaten a bit too much and was a little infatuated with the instructor (I was the only student.) I got the plain echo and a stress echo and was told I had athlete's heart which they are not so sure if it is good or bad. I also wore a Holter monitor for 30 days and literally at the last 5 minutes of the period I had two bad heart beats so now I have A-Fib on my chart and my doc says the athlete's heart can make it worse so since then I'm only supposed to do an hour a day of cardio.
When all this was going on I had manifested an "evil twin" whose harebraned scheme had just blown up right at the time I had those two bad heartbeats and I can't believe the emotional distress I'd caused myself hadn't had anything to do it. I have one of those Kardia cards and haven't seen it happen again.
They did mine because I have the lipoprotein A gene. (Effectively, high LDL no matter what I do.)
Several of the people I exercise with have ended up having serious cardiac issues that seem to be related to endurance exercise.
I always try to be careful to take off enough rest days myself, but maybe that doesn't even matter and it comes from cumulative adaptation?
I always try to be careful to take off enough rest days myself, but maybe that doesn't even matter and it comes from cumulative adaptation?
A bit of a meme, but why do endurance bikers look so old?
Long rides in the sunshine are rough on your skin especially if you aren't constantly applying sunscreen.
I'd go with very low fat percentage. I had a friend who ran marathons regularly, and he looked older because he was superlean and wiry.
Regular people can look older too just by losing weight rapidly: https://www.drugs.com/medical-answers/ozempic-face-3572731/
Regular people can look older too just by losing weight rapidly: https://www.drugs.com/medical-answers/ozempic-face-3572731/