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We all think about exercising as a great benefit to our health, and generally speaking that’s true, but many of us here are lifting in some serious poundages. AAS aside, what are the true structural changes to the heart that are happening to us with this lifting?
With the recent passing of Rich and Dallas, and Maldorf’s great posts on here there have been numerous discussions on lifting in general affecting the heart.
What are your thoughts? From a health standpoint are we better lifting lighter? Is a 3-5 rep set more damaging to the heart compared to a 12-15 rep set if both are taken to complete failure? Should we be avoiding the valsalva maneuver? And if these changes are happening to our heart due to lifting, are they necessarily a problem given that people who weight train do tend to live longer?
With the recent passing of Rich and Dallas, and Maldorf’s great posts on here there have been numerous discussions on lifting in general affecting the heart.
What are your thoughts? From a health standpoint are we better lifting lighter? Is a 3-5 rep set more damaging to the heart compared to a 12-15 rep set if both are taken to complete failure? Should we be avoiding the valsalva maneuver? And if these changes are happening to our heart due to lifting, are they necessarily a problem given that people who weight train do tend to live longer?