Summing up of latest research into afib and endurance exercise

[Jajarunner]

outsideonline.com/health/tr...

This pretty much echoes what I wrote in my blog post on the subject but is more up to date than the studies I quoted. Might reassure some athletes out there.

My blog post for any interested parties:

hhtafibathlete.blogspot.com...

[Blondie12345]

thanks for sharing - relatable !

Lots of calcium chat in that article which i never knew 😀

[Batigol in reply to Blondie12345]

As it says exercising is best way to fight off other health risks, diabetes, high cholesterol etc too.

[BobD Volunteer]

As I have replied to anpther post, our forum rules request that you do not just post links but a synopsis of such articles.

[beach_bum]

Good read! I suspected so anyway, as my Drs highly recommended I not stop hiking and distance cycling. When I went for my initial stress test, I hadn't run for more than 4 minutes when they stopped me..."yer fine...better than fine. on yer way" So that was reassuring. I think if exercise is a definite proven trigger for a persons afib, then obviously not recommended I would assume. But I'm just guessing, I'm no doctor.

[javo123j]

I have found that I am okay with moderate excersise but I find that longer distance runs, over 12k does seem to trigger AF. I still ecercise but keep runs down to under 7k and my attacks have almost stopped.

[Jajarunner in reply to javo123j]

Isn't that odd! But it great that you can still do what you love. Enjoy it! After three ablations since 2020 I'm just back to 2 mins running, 40 secs walking but it's all just shuffling, I just call it running 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[javo123j]

I was pushing myself too hard running against the clock. Now I just run for enjoyment and of course the health benefits exercise gives. Any exercise is good