#extreme exercise

[ikobunny]

In total, I have ran 8 miles (supposedly around 600 calories burned based on my height, weight, and time) and consumed less than 400 calories. Definitely better see results tomorrow morning. This is about the fourth day of extreme calorie restriction with extreme exercise and I have lost about 5 pounds. I hope the weight stays off. I definitely won’t let it back on.

[freshsky01-blog]

You need some rest too in order to recuperate.  Otherwise you're setting yourself to injury.

[viphomefitness-blog]

Is extreme exercise dangerous?

With the recent heart related deaths of two NYC triathlon participants, the question has come up again as to whether extreme exercise can be dangerous or even deadly. We will probably never know if either of these competitors already had an underlying undiagnosed heart condition. Even the healthiest of athletes can have trouble. 

One of the biggest problems in events like a triathlon is the swimming portion. Athletes are sweating, hot, and their adrenaline is revved up. Then? They jump into freezing water. This is a shock to any system. 

The shock to your system can cause a person to pass out and potentially drown. A study published in 2010 in the Journal of the American Medical Association found that athletes competing in triathlons died at a higher rate than those running in marathons: 1.5 deaths per 100,000 triathletes versus 0.8 deaths per 100,000 marathon runnersThe researchers documented 14 deaths in triathlons between 2006 and 2008. The vast majority of those deaths were during the swimming phase of the races.

Initially, those deaths were put down to drowning. But when autopsies were done on nine of the athletes, coroners concluded that seven had evidence of heart problems.

There is no way to eliminate all risk in an event such as a triathlon, but it is wise to have a completer physical before participating in one.