Analysis of existing studies found that chronic extreme exercise training and competing in endurance events can lead to heart damage and rhythm disorders. People with genetic risk factors are especially vulnerable.
"Potential Adverse Cardiovascular Effects From Excessive Endurance Exercise"
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3538475/
"Extreme, long-term endurance exercise puts equally extreme demands on the cardiovascular system. Experts found that after finishing extreme running events, athletes’ blood samples contain biomarkers associated with heart damage.
These ‘damage indicators’ usually go away by themselves, but when the heart endures extreme physical stress over and over, the “temporary” damage may lead to so called “remodeling” of the heart or physical changes such as thicker heart walls and scarring of the heart. This can also increase the risk of heart rhythm disorders, particularly for the minority who have underlying cardiac problems such as hypertrophic cardiomyopathy or coronary heart disease." Cleveland Clinic
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Hello allyson3james,
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Analysis of existing studies found that chronic extreme exercise training and competing in endurance events can lead to heart damage and rhythm disorders. People with genetic risk factors are especially vulnerable.
"Potential Adverse Cardiovascular Effects From Excessive Endurance Exercise"
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3538475/
"Extreme, long-term endurance exercise puts equally extreme demands on the cardiovascular system. Experts found that after finishing extreme running events, athletes’ blood samples contain biomarkers associated with heart damage.
These ‘damage indicators’ usually go away by themselves, but when the heart endures extreme physical stress over and over, the “temporary” damage may lead to so called “remodeling” of the heart or physical changes such as thicker heart walls and scarring of the heart. This can also increase the risk of heart rhythm disorders, particularly for the minority who have underlying cardiac problems such as hypertrophic cardiomyopathy or coronary heart disease." Cleveland Clinic
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December 30, 2016 - 9:04amMaryann
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