#8 - Can extreme exercise damage the heart? With Dr Benjamin Levine

[@Surfsailwaves]

Excellent - will listen to this again (and Episode 69 which is what led me here). 0ne big message was that hearts like vigorous exercise. Dr Levine is not only clear, thoughtful and authoritative but wise enough to caution about specific (rare) circumstances where exercise can be risky. Big thanks for valuable insights, and for letting him talk mostly uninterrupted.

[@coach7matt]

This was very informative

[@DrProfX]

“At least live well until your time comes!”👍👍

[@KBtx23]

Great info!

[@milanpintar]

what a great video, thank you for sharing this. I'm in Melbourne and Im being studied at Deakin uni after I had a stent put in a few months ago and had an episode of afib. I got randomised into the the exercise group so I can't wait to see what effect it has under supervision. I'm measuring everything and exercising every day, biggest improvements in my ECG PVC has been due to daily 90 degree sauna. I now have zero PVC all night. I also have a CPAP that helps protect my heart.

[@insideexercise]

My pleasure. Good luck. Who’s running the study at Deakin University? Did you see my interview with Andre La Gerche? We talked a lot about how higher rates of atrial fibrillation in endurance athletes etc. Despite this, like Benjamin Levine said, Andre pointed out that they live longer etc.

[@milanpintar]

@@insideexercise Dr Kim Way is running the study, I'm also in another study looking into cerebral arteries and the impact of exercise. I'll definitely check the Andre La Gerche video next!

[@SuperMrAndersen]

I love running but stents would scare me to death. After reading reviews I go to run now, although unexpected rain is starting now 😂

[@ai-baking-f1]

Fascinating. Love the data based approach Dr Levine takes

[@Surfsailwaves]

Yes, mastery of the data plus a rare ability to put it context and distil a complex story into a few words.

[@TBCProductions]

Good stuff 👏 👍

[@till_57]

Agreed. Very informative. Great guest.

[@milanpintar]

I remember being 5 to 10 years old and every time I pushed to improve my body adapted and I became great at it, I think that's the same for the heart for runners. If you don't adapt your heart at the right time you will never adapt it later.

[@pehu1322]

awesome interview thank you😊

[@sojournern]

Interesting but the one thing he doesn't marry with exercise is nutrition, which is equally important. That would be an incredible video, to see how these issues interact.

[@hikerJohn]

No one agrees on what a perfect diet is and it's too hard to do controlled studies over long periods of time. There are just too many things and combinations of things that we eat but most people know what's bad - sugar is bad when consumed all the time and even worse mixed with fats. Almost nothing is as bad as cake frosting and doughnuts

[@Surfsailwaves]

I agree, also would have loved to hear him talk about statins.

[@markflolid5930]

Is it possible to have been a low EF, but a high SV as a result of a life time of aerobic sports, I.ie., Nordic skiing?

[@hikerboater]

For older athletes +55, sprint interval training is better long term endurance training. Good to 'run the engine hot' one or two times a week. Heart rate to max for short duration, less chance of developing problems like afib and cardiomyopathy, as we see in life-long endurance athletes. Seems like 95%+ of athletes 55+ are involved in endurance training rather than SIT ... which is actually quite different from HIIT. Probably because it's easier to run slow than fast, and takes less preparation.

[@kantrzyn]

I can't believe that training 2-3 times a week has no effect on your cardiovascular system. I usually trained 3 times a week and my form was definitely improving and my resting heart rate went as low as 45 pulses per minute. However these were quite intense training sessions - cycling for 2-3 hours, and often more on Sundays.

[@insideexercise]

@@kantrzyn I thought Ben said that get cardiovascular adaptations if the exercise is above the intensity of a normal walk. What you describe would be expected to result in CV adaptations and the reduction in resting heart rate definitely backs this up.

[@fairwind8676]

I suppose if one follows a low glycation diet and manages blood sugar properly, heart stiffness can be delayed.. although recently I heard about methylglyoxal being a product of glycolysis, which was really disheartening for me.

[@insideexercise]

Thanks for watching. Not too sure on this one to be honest.

[@nood5712]

High endurance athletes show higher level of arterial calcification. True or false? If true, why?

[@alienautopsy9326]

Interesting facts about Jim Fix’s death

[@pinnymusic]

So no info for people with hypertension?

[@karinandlarryathome8711]

It makes sense that extreme exercise would enlarge the heart and result in heart failure later in life. Your thoughts?

[@insideexercise]

Not my area but I haven’t heard anything about extreme exercise resulting in heart failure later in life. I think it would have come up if it does. I only saw info re the stuff we discussed.

[@nood5712]

Can you over train a muscle? Of course. Is heart a muscle? Of course. Can you over train your heart? Of course

[@yves8992]

Do skeletal muscles rely to a large extent on carbohydrates? Of course. Does the heart rely to a large extent on carboydrates? Not at all. Is the heart a striated muscle? Not at all. Well what is then? The heart is a cardiac muscle. On what energy source to cardiac muscles rely then? Fatty acids. What did we learn? Skeletal/striated muscle and cardiac muscle are inherently different tissues.

[@raoSENSEI]

Nothing happened to me when I over did it.