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Re: Running with Afib October 18, 2020 01:49AM |
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Carey
Moving is exercise, but a brief, single event that happens only occasionally doesn't do much for you.
One thing you should consider is that your heart's response to exercise is a very good measure of cardiovascular fitness. For example, I use a hill near where I live as a fitness measure. I know that if I bike up that hill at 10 mph, my HR will hit 140 if I'm seriously deconditioned and 120 if my conditioning is in top shape. Unless you have other issues, a HR in the 110-120 range is perfectly safe and good for you, but you would need to maintain it for at least 20-30 minutes 4-5 times per week to get any real benefit. Get back on the treadmill. It should be perfectly safe for you to get your HR up into the 150s.
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It is funny - I just went for a walk after having 2 AF episodes in the last month. In between them I did my fastest walking ever. I was born with other stuff... and cardiac exercise is part of my cardiac plan. One of the EPs said.. it can trigger AF but he'd never tell anyone to not exercise (probably that would be different if it always triggered it) . When I was IN afib this last month I asked one of my docs if I could go for a walk to try and get out of it.. he said no dice. So I wonder if that is what your doc was talking about. I gotta start bookmarking these topics because this is one of the questions I have for docs when I meet with them next.
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And I was advised I could exercise as hard as I liked. Or is that the wrong advice?
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I was pretty shocked since I'm 67, have undergone a lifetime of strenuous workouts and physical activity with never had a hint of AFIB. So, I asked my Cardiologist if I could continue working out and he said "absolutely yes". Never a qualification on beats per minute. Never really any qualification at all.
I'm not a physician and have zero knowledge about this. Still, I question it.
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So, what to EPs say about exercising while IN an episode of afib?
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If you can tolerate it and you don't have other conditions that preclude it, there's no reason not to. As I've pointed out before, there are afibbers out there running marathons, competing in triathlons, professional basketball players, professional cyclists, and so on.
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The reduced blood flow has a significant impact on performance.
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The reduced blood flow has a significant impact on performance.
For some people but not everyone. I know several runners and cyclists who compete during AF. And I once had to pedal home 5 miles in hilly terrain with a heart rate of 250. I was a bit slower, and it sucked doing it, but I was able. Most people are on the floor gasping and thinking they're going to die with a rate like that, but for whatever reason it didn't do that to me. I used to jog up and down stairs to break episodes. But then again I also know people who can barely get off a couch when they're in AF, and some people even faint. So I think how much it limits your athletic abilities is really individual.
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