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I also have a cardiologist. It takes the form of a combination of very high output training (BJJ) coupled with regular, sustained aerobic training at a high pe

by rsync 8y ago

I also have a cardiologist. It takes the form of a combination of very high output training (BJJ) coupled with regular, sustained aerobic training at a high percentage of my aerobic capacity (running and plyometrics). It sounds like I'm being flip, or worse, self-satisfied - but I am quite serious. If my heart started behaving strangely, or weakened in some way, I would notice immediately. It would be quite marked. Things that I partake in, and think about, and feel, would suddenly be off. Or to put it more technically, I am running my body at a much lower set of tolerances where defects are immediately identifiable.[1] I have a suspicion that my cardiologist is actually better than the apple one, since I could feel some differences that might not yet manifest themselves in some kind of measurable heart output. The downside to all of this, in the faraway future (I am currently 42 years old) is that "heart trouble" might manifest itself during exercise in a sudden and acute fashion that leaves me dead. On the other hand, the exercise makes that, statistically, less likely. I also enjoy it very much, so there's that. [1] https://www.keyence.com/ss/products/measure/measurement_library/basic/tolerance/ https://www.keyence.com/ss/products/measure/measurement_libr...

gotocake 8y ago
The downside to all of this, in the faraway future (I am currently 42 years old) is that "heart trouble" might manifest itself during exercise in a sudden and acute fashion that leaves me dead. On the other hand, the exercise makes that, statistically, less likely. Actually depending on your condition and your activities, it’s entirely possible that the first warning you’d have is dropping dead. I’m also not being flip or self-satisfied, and I also have an anecdote to share. A good friend of mine who was a serious tennis players, and later an equally serious swimmer and runner got his “warning” about two years ago. He was at a conference and complained of feeling a bit ill. Then he experienced sudden cardiac arrest and despite an AED on premises he died. He wasn’t much older than you, was in perfect shape and ate well his whole life, saw his doctor and had good lab numbers. The “far future” you imagine is hopefully just that, far in the future, but it might not be. Like a lawyer as their own client, don’t be a fool and pretend to be your own cardiologist.
- rsync 8y ago
  "Actually depending on your condition and your activities, it’s entirely possible that the first warning you’d have is dropping dead." Yes, that's exactly what I said.
  - gotocake 8y ago
    You placed that possibility in, and I quote, “the faraway future” and all in the context of your fitness regime being an early warning system better than a cardiologist. Even taking your post with a generous helping of charitable interpretation, it seems Ill-conceived.

by rsync 8y ago

gotocake 8y ago

The downside to all of this, in the faraway future (I am currently 42 years old) is that "heart trouble" might manifest itself during exercise in a sudden and acute fashion that leaves me dead. On the other hand, the exercise makes that, statistically, less likely. Actually depending on your condition and your activities, it’s entirely possible that the first warning you’d have is dropping dead. I’m also not being flip or self-satisfied, and I also have an anecdote to share. A good friend of mine who was a serious tennis players, and later an equally serious swimmer and runner got his “warning” about two years ago. He was at a conference and complained of feeling a bit ill. Then he experienced sudden cardiac arrest and despite an AED on premises he died. He wasn’t much older than you, was in perfect shape and ate well his whole life, saw his doctor and had good lab numbers. The “far future” you imagine is hopefully just that, far in the future, but it might not be. Like a lawyer as their own client, don’t be a fool and pretend to be your own cardiologist.

rsync 8y ago
"Actually depending on your condition and your activities, it’s entirely possible that the first warning you’d have is dropping dead." Yes, that's exactly what I said.
- gotocake 8y ago
  You placed that possibility in, and I quote, “the faraway future” and all in the context of your fitness regime being an early warning system better than a cardiologist. Even taking your post with a generous helping of charitable interpretation, it seems Ill-conceived.