Heart Health: three years since my heart attack

[@AngelaGrace2]

Tim, I appreciate your videos on heart health and sharing your results. I had a heart attack 1 year and 3 mos. ago, and I've been able to keep my LDL low with diet, exercise and a statin. Your journey from racing to heart attack to heart health has been my journey. I can't thank you enough for the suggestion of the CTA test. Mine showed my LAD blockage and I got a stent, but a heart attack happened at the hospital not on a bike course. Little humor there. I got help because of you. God bless you and thank you, Tim O'Donnell! Forever grateful!

[@julieburgess4932]

I’m right there with you..Endurance Cyclist here..LAD 100% blockage, stent almost 2 years ago. Ejection fraction back up to 60. On meds….I‘be watched your story so many times. ❤

[@CoolInOlympia]

Yes, please keep talking about heart health! It is a great reminder for us all! I also appreciate your health updates! We all want you all to be healthy and happy for a long time!

[@gazza4065]

Hi Tim I am so glad I found your videos as they are very informative and honest. I had MI six months ago and have done the cardiac rehab which was great but need to move on and find mental strength and physical strength and balance with life .Youre videos are really great. Please keep making more.

[@carolannharshberger338]

Glad to here from you. I'm so glad you are still competing.

[@DrProfX]

You’re inspiration! I’m a recreational marathoner in my 40s who recently discovered some very important information from a CAC score - indeed, being fit can be deceiving! It’s great to see that you made a great recovery and that you’re thriving with your beautiful family!! Thanks for raising the awareness ❤️

[@adamdickson1404]

Good luck, Tim - I had a disastrous short course triathlon in Bournemouth last September, followed by a near fatal heart attack in March this year. Just taking it easy, slow walking etc. Can't help thinking about Ironman training - how crazy is that!

[@5erReihe]

After the heart attack, my LDL-C is now 34 mg/dl and my Trigly is 12 mg/dl. My lipo/A is 19 mg/dl. I hope for the best

[@joesph9748]

Appreciate this next step forward, hoping you can share as much as possible. Thank you

[@scotmoser8716]

The biggest thing is take ownership of your health by getting checkups and be being your own advocate. I had similar situation five years ago . Just because you’re fit doesn’t mean it can happen to you!

[@cdnnurse01]

Being a cardiac nurse I can't thank you enough for all your sharing BUT I wish #InsideTracker & #AmericanHeartAssociation would make a commercial using you as the example. Continue success in all your adventures,

[@zepols86]

good to see you T.O. and back being healthy

[@nostoneunturned6291]

Tim your apob and LDL-C are incredibly high post heart attack. You should seek out information from Thomas Dayspring or Peter Attia and consider getting something known as an Lp(a) test. Especially given your level of fitness and age, you may be a carrier for this LDL variant. Bob Harper of the Biggest Loser has this variant and had an MI at a similar age.

[@kodre]

Thank you for sharing. We have very similar Cholesterol levels. Hopefully, you can share a follow up video on your cholesterol in about 3-6 months. I want no part of taking cholesterol reducing drugs, so I’ve been on a bad cholesterol killing war path with daily avocado, aerobic and anaerobic work, loads of Psyllium Husk capsules and even more water.

[@alphacharlie65ms]

stay off animal products

[@4Dangert]

There's a difference between being fit and healthy. Triathletes and endurance athletes can be super fit but not necessarily healthy. As i get older i am trying for moderation.

[@greghunter5627]

Since Covid and the vaccine, everyone who choose to get the shot should seek out their physician and continue monitoring their heart health. Great videos.

[@Daimoku1938]

We are all extremly pleased to hear that u are now an ex Tri...sometime ago we did recommend that after an heart attack u should stop racing and start training only to your own fitness...it seems u have now come to your senses, specially with a new baby it's important that u keep fighting the future to see all your children grow...we all know how it is in general with heart attacks...the 1st u survive the second takes u five feet under...

[@trentmoney2864]

A cautionary tale that too much wine and red meat can affect even the healthiest people on the planet.

[@alphacharlie65ms]

Red meat is a killer

[@lisagreenberg5020]

My parents lived in their 90s on red meat , eggs….