Developing the cardiovascular system takes time and patience

[Coach Chris]

Excellent article's
Part 1

Cardio for Beginners: The Ultimate Guide

The complete cardio for beginners guide. Understand more about the best methods and practices available to succeed

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Part 2

What Is The Aerobic Threshold: The Ultimate Guide

In this article, you will learn what the aerobic threshold is and why it is the key to building a robust cardiovascular engine.

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[Poser]

The only thing that jumped out to me in this was the idea of the “athletes heart” I.e. strength training thickening the heart walls and the dangers of associated concentric hypertrophy .

My understanding is that this notion has been systemically debunked as a real Heath concern, has mostly become an archaic idea (though there is still a camp who preach it much like the dangers of eating fat), that it only actually effects about 2% of the population in terms of actual wall thickness that is beyond normal and that even then, heart performance remains mostly unaffected. I’ve also read that There is sufficient literature (note: I haven’t read it myself) to support that endurance athletes, mainly runners, cyclists and rowers, maintain thicker heart walls than strength athletes (though rowers often tend to be somewhere in the middle as they are usually much stronger than other endurance athletes and maintain much more endurance than typical strength athletes) and neither strength athletes nor endurance athletes seem to be dropping dead of heart failure at a rate higher than the normal population.

 

[mtwarden]

Good articles!

You'll hear runners (mid to long distance runners) often talking about building a "base"- building a base is something measured in years, not months (as I can attest)

Most training now puts a high emphasis on "low key" aerobic work (hiking/running or biking); I think previously these were thought as junk workouts- no longer so. Yes there needs to be some structured, higher intensity aerobic workouts included, but the vast majority of work/time should be at a much lower threshold.

Think about a normal mountain hunt- lots of time spent hiking slowly (albeit up and down) and often longer distances, certainly with the possibility of a short spurt of higher output. Having a very good aerobic base will go a long way in helping to succeed in your hunt.

 

[5MilesBack]

The only thing that jumped out to me in this was the idea of the “athletes heart” I.e. strength training thickening the heart walls and the dangers of associated concentric hypertrophy .

I had a cardiologist that was concerned about the thick walls in my heart about 20+ years ago when I used to lift every day. I was getting tachycardia for some reason, up to 210 bpm after lifting. These days it's back to normal thicknesses, and no tachycardia bouts. But still get an occasional lone AFIB that pops up every now and then.