,,Many Marathon Runners Don't Live Up To 60"

Frederick Foresight said:
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"Chronic excessive exercise has been consistently associated with increased risks of atrial fibrillation (AF)"
Happened to me. I am convinced my Afib was/is the result of my hard charging CrossFit type workouts, especially as I aged. At 64 it all went to shit. Took nearly a year and a half to fully recover to a point where I could have a decent workout. Not too much hard cardio type workouts these days, especially for duration. 2-3 days a week in the gym and maybe one of those is what I would call intense. Most everything is resistance training with the occasional heavy bag/shadow boxing thrown in, but never more than 20 minutes of that. At 70+ it's about management of working with what you have. The days pf PR's are long gone.
 
CaptainObvious said:
"Chronic excessive exercise has been consistently associated with increased risks of atrial fibrillation (AF)"
Happened to me. I am convinced my Afib was/is the result of my hard charging CrossFit type workouts, especially as I aged. At 64 it all went to shit. Took nearly a year and a half to fully recover to a point where I could have a decent workout. Not too much hard cardio type workouts these days, especially for duration. 2-3 days a week in the gym and maybe one of those is what I would call intense. Most everything is resistance training with the occasional heavy bag/shadow boxing thrown in, but never more than 20 minutes of that. At 70+ it's about management of working with what you have. The days pf PR's are long gone.
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I'm 64 now, and wondering if my past might catch up with me. While I was never into endurance work per se, I did do a half hour of fairly intense "cardio" after my too-long weight workouts in years gone by.
 
Frederick Foresight said:
I'm 64 now, and wondering if my past might catch up with me. While I was never into endurance work per se, I did do a half hour of fairly intense "cardio" after my too-long weight workouts in years gone by.
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I forgot to add that poor nutrition also played a role in my Afib. At 62 I decided to get lean to the max and went on a crazy diet which didn't provide enough nutrients. Combining both the poor diet, hard charging workouts and doing those 6 days a week led to disaster. Keep telling myself suck it up old man until I finally collapsed, literally. Took a trip to the ER followed by 3 more trips to the ER over a six month period to get it through my thick f'n skull I was on the wrong path.
 
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