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To: Gene Eric
Endurance athletes? Do you have a #ing clue about the stress that endurance training puts upon the heart?

As a former recreational distance runner (until a knee went arthritic on me), mile to marathon, it does indeed put stress on the heart. But that stress strengthens the heart, which is why I survived my first two heart attacks. I died on the b'ball court in late November of 2018, but by the Grace of God and great medical attention was revived in time, and fitted with a defibrillator/pacemaker. The defib worked perfectly in two episodes I had recently. I am scheduled for a cardiac ablation next month, hopefully back on the court by fall. God has been better to me than I deserve.

33 posted on 06/11/2021 9:47:48 AM PDT by JimRed (TERM LIMITS, NOW! Militia to the border! TRUTH is the new HATE SPEECH.)
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To: JimRed

>> But that stress strengthens the heart, which is why I survived my first two heart attacks.

No doubt. Guessing you have congenital heart disease? Glad to know you’ve survived.

Are you following any particular dietary plan?


34 posted on 06/11/2021 10:44:30 PM PDT by Gene Eric (Don't be a statist!)
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