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Cyclists' hearts: can you be so fit that you die?

Medlife Crisis · 2.2M views · 2018-01-12 · 7:19

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Overview

Medlife Crisis examines why some elite endurance athletes die in their sleep, covering extremely slow heart rates and the effects of performance-enhancing drugs that thicken blood. It uses cyclist Marco Pantani as an example.

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HN recommends it as a good, short explanation of athlete's heart and the risks of extreme fitness.

Recommended by 2 HN people across 2 months · HN mentions 2019–2023

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Medicine & infectious diseaseFitness, sleep & longevitySports & athletics
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cardiologyendurance sportsbradycardiadopingcycling

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alfu · 2023-12 · Recommendation

"Medlife Crisis" has an interesting video about this: [VIDEO] (Cyclists' hearts: can you be so fit that you die?)

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JshWright · 2020-01 · Recommendation

Medlife Crisis (a YouTube channel that deserves a much larger following) has a good video related to this topic: [VIDEO]

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01100011 · 2021-11 · Reference

I don't know, but just to throw this out there, I believe very cardiovascularly 'fit' people have a risk of death because their heart rate can drop dangerously during sleep( [VIDEO] ). I would also think soccer players are more likely to use performance enhancing drugs. I wouldn't blame it on the vaccine without more data.

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