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WaikikiWaves, you seem like a knowledgeable guy. Have you done any research into the physiological reasoning for the arterial stiffening associated with weightlifting? I currently run 6 miles every other night, do sit-ups and push-ups when motivated. I was considering integrating weightlifting into my regimen but I'd like to see more science on this topic
WaikikiWaves, you seem like a knowledgeable guy. Have you done any research into the physiological reasoning for the arterial stiffening associated with weightlifting? I currently run 6 miles every other night, do sit-ups and push-ups when motivated. I was considering integrating weightlifting into my regimen but I'd like to see more science on this topic
Guy? Unless I missed it, I have seen no recent posts claiming a sex change.
WaikikiWaves, you seem like a knowledgeable guy. Have you done any research into the physiological reasoning for the arterial stiffening associated with weightlifting? I currently run 6 miles every other night, do sit-ups and push-ups when motivated. I was considering integrating weightlifting into my regimen but I'd like to see more science on this topic
There's literally 0% chance the kind of weight training you'd be doing would have any risk of arterial issues.
WaikikiWaves, you seem like a knowledgeable guy. Have you done any research into the physiological reasoning for the arterial stiffening associated with weightlifting? I currently run 6 miles every other night, do sit-ups and push-ups when motivated. I was considering integrating weightlifting into my regimen but I'd like to see more science on this topic
The studies are all over the place so I would not rely on them. Some find only high-intensity resistance training leads to arterial stiffness but low-intensity resistance training reduces arterial stiffness. Others find reductions no matter the intensity or increases no matter the intensity. Some found only increases when doing concentric focused reps vs eccentric focused reps. Others found increases only in the upper body but not lower body. And for others it was only isolated to people with hypertension and those who were borderline.
Aerobic exercise reduces arterial stiffness across all studies in comparison.
So when science really cannot answer the question I’ll answer from experience as I have been lifting weights for 30+ years and have competed as a bodybuilder.
How the average person trains, should not be a risk factor and the benefits outweigh the temporary increases in BP.
High-Intensity training regimens are a different story. After a certain level of muscle your body really doesn’t want to add anymore. You need to generate an extreme stimulus in the gym to turn on your body’s muscle building pathways. This stimulus is highly inflammatory and will lead to an increase in BP and arterial stiffness if you train like that regularly.
On a somewhat related note, I've known many bodybuilders who developed rhabdomyolysis from probably over training. Here is a case report: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/18091694/
Rhabdomyolysis is when enough muscle protein and contents spill into the blood due to excessive muscle damage. We generally only see this in people who undergo severe trauma (like being crushed in a car wreck). So this should tell you just how intensely some body builders train that they can get this condition.
Last edited by WaikikiWaves; 12-31-2023 at 10:15 AM..
I think it's fairly obvious I'm joking about the person I'm responding to being a "very modest woman" considering she was praising herself.
Got it. I didn't read it that way.
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