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Weight training with HOCM
by chillipepper173, Mar 25, 2008 04:07PM
Hi,
I am a 32 year old male and have been diagnosed with HOCM. O have an ICD unit implanted and am on 100mg Disopyramid and 50mg Atenolol per day.
I understand that strenuous exercise (weight training) is not recommended in my condition. However I am a personal trainer and have been training daily with controlled weights i.e no valsalva manouver; deap breathing through each rep; a 1 minute rest between each set; and a maximum of 2 sets per muscle group, 2 muscle groups per day
During my training I do not experience any symptoms
Could somebody please explain to me what 'no intense exercise' means relative to what I am doing as this is frustrating me.
Many thanks
chillipepper173
I am a 32 year old male and have been diagnosed with HOCM. O have an ICD unit implanted and am on 100mg Disopyramid and 50mg Atenolol per day.
I understand that strenuous exercise (weight training) is not recommended in my condition. However I am a personal trainer and have been training daily with controlled weights i.e no valsalva manouver; deap breathing through each rep; a 1 minute rest between each set; and a maximum of 2 sets per muscle group, 2 muscle groups per day
During my training I do not experience any symptoms
Could somebody please explain to me what 'no intense exercise' means relative to what I am doing as this is frustrating me.
Many thanks
chillipepper173
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He said I am going to poison the Sh*t out of it. That worked and it was three months later only 3 meters/second.
So the answer is, "I dunno"
I dont think anyone knows. If I were a doc and I am not and not in access to my doc who could answer this. I would say not to ever give up cardiovascular exercise. And weighttraining is great. It is different though than CV exercise. Meaning you generate tremendous abouts of pressure in the system when you strain with weights.
I actually wonder if one the cleveland clinic wondertards could answer this? Kneejerk, technician reaction (former bodybuilder) says to do high reps lol.
I dont know sorry. People can die of HOCM rarely. Its one of the leading causes of death in young athletes. And I cant give advice with such grave scenarios involved.
My best advice I guess is to seek out, find referrals to the best HOCM experts in the country. Be it at Cleveland Clinic or Mayo clinic or, well where your research and referral asking gets you.
Find an answer, dont risk it!