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I’ve had a handful of those episodes over the summer but only after heavy exertion. Running stairs for 4 hours at an indoor water park, TKD sparring, and once

I’ve had a handful of those episodes over the summer but only after heavy exertion. Running stairs for 4 hours at an indoor water park, TKD sparring, and once or twice after very stressful events. I wrote it all off to a stressful year with unique occurrences. That morning I just happened to be paying attention and the Watch was the final straw that made it click.

peatmoss 8y ago
Pardon for asking, but if you’re doing TKD sparring, my hunch is that you’re otherwise pretty fit? I do a lot of aikido as my primary source of cardio exercise, and my resting heart (Apple Watch 3, now thinking about the 4) is quite low (low/mid 50s). I have no idea what my heartrate is when I’m at peak exertion, because I can’t practically wear the watch on the mat, but I suspect it’s probably up pretty high. So, if I understand things correctly, your doctor would otherwise probably look at you and be like, “nah, don’t need to worry about this guy’s heart.” Is that fair to say?
- mikestew 8y ago
  So, if I understand things correctly, your doctor would otherwise probably look at you and be like, “nah, don’t need to worry about this guy’s heart.” Is that fair to say? Not OP, and I’m sure as hell not a cardiologist, but I would have fit that description. Wolfes-Parkinson, and would only rarely raise its head under narrow circumstances involving exertion. If you looked at my heart (which they did) and it didn’t repro the problem, you’d never know the difference. Former Cat 1 bike racer, and pretty damned good distance runner, I was for sure fit. But you can’t outrun genetics. HR of 145bpm an hour after exercise told me, “something ain’t right”, abalation fixed it. I’m not diagnosing, and odds are darned good that OP doesn’t have my problem, but if it were me I’d pay a visit to doctor. Being fit doesn’t exclude one from heart problems. Wolfes-Parkinson killed a college ball player many years ago, and I personally witnessed a 35 year old Cat2 bike racer drop dead mid-race from what I suspect was Wolfes-Parkinson or a similar heart-related anomaly (again, IANACardiologist). And as a side note, I wish the Apple Watch were around fifteen years ago. In an attempt to get a repro, I wore this inconvenient contraption for a few weeks (no repro). I know it’s only single lead, but at least I would have had something to record data when the problem repro’ed. And were the watch to have picked up something, I would have gone to the doctor a lot sooner because at least I had a tool that’s probably better than Dr. Google. As it was, “I should make a doctor appointment. Meh, probably nothing.” Men...amirite?

peatmoss 8y ago

Pardon for asking, but if you’re doing TKD sparring, my hunch is that you’re otherwise pretty fit? I do a lot of aikido as my primary source of cardio exercise, and my resting heart (Apple Watch 3, now thinking about the 4) is quite low (low/mid 50s). I have no idea what my heartrate is when I’m at peak exertion, because I can’t practically wear the watch on the mat, but I suspect it’s probably up pretty high. So, if I understand things correctly, your doctor would otherwise probably look at you and be like, “nah, don’t need to worry about this guy’s heart.” Is that fair to say?

mikestew 8y ago
So, if I understand things correctly, your doctor would otherwise probably look at you and be like, “nah, don’t need to worry about this guy’s heart.” Is that fair to say? Not OP, and I’m sure as hell not a cardiologist, but I would have fit that description. Wolfes-Parkinson, and would only rarely raise its head under narrow circumstances involving exertion. If you looked at my heart (which they did) and it didn’t repro the problem, you’d never know the difference. Former Cat 1 bike racer, and pretty damned good distance runner, I was for sure fit. But you can’t outrun genetics. HR of 145bpm an hour after exercise told me, “something ain’t right”, abalation fixed it. I’m not diagnosing, and odds are darned good that OP doesn’t have my problem, but if it were me I’d pay a visit to doctor. Being fit doesn’t exclude one from heart problems. Wolfes-Parkinson killed a college ball player many years ago, and I personally witnessed a 35 year old Cat2 bike racer drop dead mid-race from what I suspect was Wolfes-Parkinson or a similar heart-related anomaly (again, IANACardiologist). And as a side note, I wish the Apple Watch were around fifteen years ago. In an attempt to get a repro, I wore this inconvenient contraption for a few weeks (no repro). I know it’s only single lead, but at least I would have had something to record data when the problem repro’ed. And were the watch to have picked up something, I would have gone to the doctor a lot sooner because at least I had a tool that’s probably better than Dr. Google. As it was, “I should make a doctor appointment. Meh, probably nothing.” Men...amirite?