Comments on: My 25 Day Transformation With The Xtreme Fat Loss Diet http://theabsexpert.com/blog/my-25-day-transformation/ The #1 Resource On The Internet On How To Get A Flat Stomach And 6-Pack Abs Fri, 27 Jan 2012 22:20:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Doris W http://theabsexpert.com/blog/my-25-day-transformation/comment-page-1/#comment-31204 Doris W Sat, 24 Jul 2010 17:06:50 +0000 http://theabsexpert.com/blog/?p=989#comment-31204 I believe in the past I've had EKG's done, but that did not reveal the LVH. It wasn't until they did at least an echo and some other tests that they found it. That was over 7 yrs they found it and I've completely changed the way I workout. Another thing I do is make sure I have enough rest between workouts, but often every day I was doing something intense and with a low anaerobic threshold, that wasn't good. LVH is also that condition where sometimes you hear of a high school football player just up and dying or an elite athlete up and dying when they are seemingly healthy. I bet with each of these people, no one ever detected that they had LVH and one day they just pushed too hard and too far and their heart just couldn't handle it. I believe in the past I've had EKG's done, but that did not reveal the LVH. It wasn't until they did at least an echo and some other tests that they found it. That was over 7 yrs they found it and I've completely changed the way I workout. Another thing I do is make sure I have enough rest between workouts, but often every day I was doing something intense and with a low anaerobic threshold, that wasn't good.

LVH is also that condition where sometimes you hear of a high school football player just up and dying or an elite athlete up and dying when they are seemingly healthy. I bet with each of these people, no one ever detected that they had LVH and one day they just pushed too hard and too far and their heart just couldn't handle it.

]]> By: Doris W http://theabsexpert.com/blog/my-25-day-transformation/comment-page-1/#comment-31203 Doris W Sat, 24 Jul 2010 17:06:45 +0000 http://theabsexpert.com/blog/?p=989#comment-31203 Hi Scott, For many years I had the lightheadedness and have fainted a couple times during my workouts. Thought it was just overdoing it on a really good workout. Turns out that I was usually working way above my anaerobic threshold for years which caused me to have Left Ventricular Hypertrophy with some leakage in my mitral valve. Very long story short, had to develop a good aerobic base, which took about 6 months of very specific training. Eventually, if the LVH wasn't caught and dealt with correctly, it would've led to possibly death. I do always wear a heartrate monitor to see how hard I'm working, and I do take a VO2 test periodically to see how my body is performing so I know how hard to workout at. LVH is a reversible heart condition, but if you have HCM (hypercardiomyiopathy), that is not - it's another condition of enlarged heart. Hi Scott,

For many years I had the lightheadedness and have fainted a couple times during my workouts. Thought it was just overdoing it on a really good workout. Turns out that I was usually working way above my anaerobic threshold for years which caused me to have Left Ventricular Hypertrophy with some leakage in my mitral valve. Very long story short, had to develop a good aerobic base, which took about 6 months of very specific training.

Eventually, if the LVH wasn't caught and dealt with correctly, it would've led to possibly death. I do always wear a heartrate monitor to see how hard I'm working, and I do take a VO2 test periodically to see how my body is performing so I know how hard to workout at. LVH is a reversible heart condition, but if you have HCM (hypercardiomyiopathy), that is not – it's another condition of enlarged heart.

]]> By: scottcolby http://theabsexpert.com/blog/my-25-day-transformation/comment-page-1/#comment-27523 scottcolby Fri, 25 Jun 2010 23:54:31 +0000 http://theabsexpert.com/blog/?p=989#comment-27523 Actually when I went to the doctor to get the EKG, he said I probably had a vasovagal response as well. Glad you are doing well. Stay safe. Scott Actually when I went to the doctor to get the EKG, he said I probably had a vasovagal response as well. Glad you are doing well. Stay safe.

Scott

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