'I just can't stop': Cyclist dies after confessing he was addicted to riding
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So the number of KMs per month is THE magic number in determining the likelihood of fatality? On an indoor trainer? Why? Neither time nor mileage by themselves would tell you if he was overtraining as you don't know the level of effort involved.
Seriously, do you actually read what you type?
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If the guy had admitted he drove car all day long joy riding or just sat in his easy chair all day and had a heart attack, what would we be saying about him? Probably that he should ride or at least exercise more.
Too much is being put on his riding time and not enough on what his over all health may have been due to many other things.
And how many of us are likely to stop doing what we like to do just because it might kill us?
Too much is being put on his riding time and not enough on what his over all health may have been due to many other things.
And how many of us are likely to stop doing what we like to do just because it might kill us?
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I am pretty certain that he did way too much HIIT and intensity over the years., he himself said that he had to scale back on intensity and not go above zone 2 because it would cause chest pains.
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One February morning he went out on a club ride and dropped dead of an apparent heart attack after fewer than two miles. An EMT was driving by and started working on him quickly, but she was unable to revive him. Glad I was not there to see it.
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Yep, it is literally illegal for an ER to turn away a patient, insured or not. The law is called the Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act.
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If the guy had admitted he drove car all day long joy riding or just sat in his easy chair all day and had a heart attack, what would we be saying about him? Probably that he should ride or at least exercise more.
Too much is being put on his riding time and not enough on what his over all health may have been due to many other things.
And how many of us are likely to stop doing what we like to do just because it might kill us?
Too much is being put on his riding time and not enough on what his over all health may have been due to many other things.
And how many of us are likely to stop doing what we like to do just because it might kill us?
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I had a friend with that phobia. Skinny guy in his mid-50s. Not a fast guy, but he could ride long distances. Had a poor diet from what I could tell. He didn’t like to go to doctors because he didn’t want to know what might be wrong.
One February morning he went out on a club ride and dropped dead of an apparent heart attack after fewer than two miles. An EMT was driving by and started working on him quickly, but she was unable to revive him. Glad I was not there to see it.
One February morning he went out on a club ride and dropped dead of an apparent heart attack after fewer than two miles. An EMT was driving by and started working on him quickly, but she was unable to revive him. Glad I was not there to see it.
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Leary then went on the suggest that it was two smokers who found the body.
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Find out where the 5G transmitters are, locally, and where there are plans to install them.
https://blogs.scientificamerican.com...ve-5g-is-safe/
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5G radiation? Although the jury is out as to whether this intensity can break cell walls, we do know that it causes abnormal activity in mitochondria, which are the energy-producing parts of the cell.
Find out where the 5G transmitters are, locally, and where there are plans to install them.
https://blogs.scientificamerican.com...ve-5g-is-safe/
Find out where the 5G transmitters are, locally, and where there are plans to install them.
https://blogs.scientificamerican.com...ve-5g-is-safe/
There is no jury and it is not still out. This post is complete BS.
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Obviously, if he wasn't going above zone 2, he wasn't doing HIIT any more, and there's no telling from the article when he stopped. It could've been years ago.
There's really no telling what caused his heart problems, especially with the very, very limited information we have available and neither of us being pathologists.
If he was having chest pains associated with any level of exertion, he should have had it checked out, but that's a lot less attractive as click bit as "his cycling habit killed him".
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Scientific American is not a journal, reputable or not. The "article" was not peer reviewed and is listed as a blog. The author has shown extreme bias against radio signals in previous work and has claimed for well over a decade, despite a significant body of scientific evidence showing that he is incorrect and no accepted scientific evidence supporting his claims, that wireless transmissions lead to increased rates of cancer. It's all bunk.
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Here's a review article from Nature Journal of Exposure Science & Environmental Epidemiology:
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5G mobile networks and health—a state-of-the-science review of the research into low-level RF fields above 6 GHz
The epidemiological studies showed little evidence of health effects including cancer at different sites, effects on reproduction and other diseases. This review showed no confirmed evidence that low-level RF fields above 6 GHz such as those used by the 5 G network are hazardous to human health.
J Expo Sci Environ Epidemiol31, 585–605 (2021)
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And just for s&g, here's a rebuttal piece in the same Scientific American opinion blog you got yours from:
https://blogs.scientificamerican.com...ring-about-5g/
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