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I wonder if he was over exercising...sounds overly simplistic, I know.
Heart disease runs in my family....my father died at 40. As I get older, my doc has prescribed an exercise program for me that involves walking, biking, swimming, light weights, and flexibility training. Ive been warned to avoid excessive exercise.
I wonder if he was over exercising...sounds overly simplistic, I know.
Heart disease runs in my family....my father died at 40. As I get older, my doc has prescribed an exercise program for me that involves walking, biking, swimming, light weights, and flexibility training. Ive been warned to avoid excessive exercise.
Your family history does play a part, why it's so important to know it, help you get a head start and hopefully prevent it or at least deal with it. So far I been able to avoid my family history through a organic plant base diet and running, lightweights..
Can you explain this a bit more of someone who's not familiar with these terms?
Essentially, you have three energy pathways. You have your alactic pathway, the glycolytic pathway, and the oxygen pathway. The first two are an anaerobic and third is aerobic. All of them are always "on;" however, depending on the intensity of your workouts, one of the pathways will be dominant.
The alactic pathway is exhausted after roughly 30 seconds for an athlete training with intensity. If the athlete continues to train with intensity, the glycolytic pathway will become dominant until about 2 minutes of duration, when oxygen takes over, while the other two tanks replenish. If you continue exercising with intensity for duration, you will get periodic boosts of energy through your anaerobic pathways.
The problem is that harmful substrates, such as lactic acid are produced, which can damage your mitochondria. Overtime, an accumulation of these substrates, can result in a myriad of health problems, typically associated with overtraining, and very difficult to diagnose. This could also lead to injuries and other musculoskeletal problems.
However, unfortunately, if you are an athlete, depending on your sport, studies have shown that it is optimal to train the glycolytic pathway prior to a competition. Studies have also shown that a trained athlete can become quite efficient at this in a very short period of time. Likewise, any benefits received by training the glycolytic pathway are lost if an athlete spends too much time training in intensity, and eventually it comes counterproductive.
For people who are seeking general physical preparedness (likely the majority of people) it is unnecessary to train extensively in glycolysis. Studies have shown that people can make considerable improvements in their endurance by training below their anaerobic threshold.
One formula in particular, made popular by Phil Maffetone, is popular with many endurance athletes. He suggests that the great majority of your training should be trained with intensity in mind, which is why he developed a formula for your heart rate. The formula is as follows: 180 beats per minute (bpm) - your age.
If you would like to read more on this subject, particularly if you are an endurance athlete, I recommend visiting his website and purchasing "The Big Book of Endurance Training."
This explains it all! You can have an excellent lifestyle but heredity plays a big role in one's health!
Yes - so that means we shouldn't get cocky and think everyone has complete control over their body and their health - you're just fooling yourself if you think you do.
The reason I became a runner is because heart disease runs in my family.
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