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How many people benefitting from more exercise are elite endurance athletes?
by fsloth 4y ago
How many people benefitting from more exercise are elite endurance athletes?
- PaulHoule 4y agoYou might not want to emulate elite endurance athletes in that they get too much of a good thing…. That kind of training puts you at risk of atrial fibrillation.
- kritiko 4y agoA recent study on this encourages exercise regardless. https://openheart.bmj.com/content/9/2/e002154 https://openheart.bmj.com/content/9/2/e002154 > Conclusion: Although older male endurance athletes experienced an increased risk of AF, the long-term risk of stroke was substantially reduced compared with non-athletes.
- algoatecorn 4y agoTrue, but I think the commentor is referring to the U-shaped relationship of AF and endurance training. Higher probability with zero exercise, lowest probability at moderate exercise, but an increase in probability as you enter the extreme territory. In my case, 1000+ hours/year for 8 years led to this outcome
- algoatecorn 4y agoPAFIYAMA. Happened to me at 27yo. Thankfully ablation solved the problem and I'm more or less "cured". Interestingly, I had many ectopic beats post-surgery which subsided once I regained my old fitness level.