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Cyclists often have to wear a heart monitor when they sleep because their hearts are so efficient that their heart rate can drop to the point where it just stop
by Mountain_Skies 4y ago
Cyclists often have to wear a heart monitor when they sleep because their hearts are so efficient that their heart rate can drop to the point where it just stops, and they need to be waken before that happens so they can exercise to get their heart rate back up. They're a terrible group to use as representative of the general population. This includes the cyclist who recently died in his sleep and both long-covid and anti-vaccine theorists claimed it was from their favorite pet cause. Professional cyclists are physiological freak shows and should only be representative of other pro cyclists.
- nradov 4y agoThat's not how the human cardiovascular system works. It's not necessary to wake a fit person up because of a low heart rate. You are apparently just repeating an unproven rumor that was printed in the book “The Death of Marco Pantani" by Matt Rendell. Back in Pantani's day, some pro cyclists had circulatory problems because they used EPO and/or transfusions to drive their hemocrit numbers way above normal levels. Doping controls eliminated that particular issue long before the COVID-19 pandemic (although it's likely that many pro athletes continue to engage in other forms of doping which don't affect hemocrit levels and which are harder to detect).