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Hi Bolimasa - to clarify, I have had Afib during exercise 4 times, but each time it started during a sudden reduction in effort after sudden activity, like running up stairs with daughter on my back (episode #1) or during descent after mountain biking up a hill. I have never gotten an episode while jogging or riding at constant pace. Same pattern with PACs - they typically happen at rest or after cessation of effort.
I suspect there are other factors that need to be present to cause my relatively rare episode's (for now at least!) - like a gastric trigger, dehydration, alcohol, lack of sleep etc. My fear is that this relatively high threshold will come down over time and episodes will occur with single triggers, or none at all (I have never had a spontaneous episode to my knowledge).
The other thing I have learn is that Afib comes in many 'flavors'. I think I have the vagal type, likely driven by excessive exercise (relative to my physiology). I used to play Australian rules football in my 20's, then took up endurance running in my 30's, then moved on to triathlon in mid-40's before I dialed back in an attempt to slow progression of Afib.
There is even a name for this - PAFIYAMA syndrome, which stands for 'Paroxymal Afib in Young and Middle Aged Athletes'. Aside from being a horribly tortured acronym, it seems to describe what I have observed with my case,
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Interesting article. I love the part about avoiding alcoholic beverages while exercising. Never would have occurred to me! .
Obviously you have never participated in a cyclocross race 😁