Throw away your jogging shoes

[Guest guest]

More Damage from " Elite " Athletics

July 26, 2006

 

Mark Sisson has added new data to his previous post to

the effect that elite athletic training is the

antithesis of health. I have put links to some

previous posts I did on the subject. If you look at

Mark's recent data, his earlier post, and my many

posts on this topic you will throw away your jogging

shoes. Or as I used to be tempted to say to joggers as

I drove by, " Slow down and live. " Really, how did all

this get started? And why has it gone so far? And, why

are these data not known to the public?

 

I used to get some cranky emails from committed

aerobicizers telling me I was all wrong. The data are

now overwhelming. And, did I mention the high

incidence of brain cancer among multiple Boston

Marathon competitors? Yes, I think I did but it bears

repeating.

 

Mark's convincing data:

" Here are some real cases to review – and many of

these are people I know personally:

Greg Welch, one of the most versatile all-around

triathletes ever (he won Ironman Hawaii, the ITU

Worlds and the world Duathlon Championship) was forced

to retire at age 37 due to heart problems. He has had

over 10 open heart surgeries and wears a pace-maker.

Mark Montgomery, who was a top pro triathlete for

many years, had his pace-maker installed at age 46 as

a result of V-tach issues.

Johnny G, the developer of the popular “Spin” classes

and a RAAM racer, has severe cardiomyopathy and

recently had a pacer-maker installed.

Maddy Tormoen, 3-time world Duathlete-of-the-Year and

35-year old Emma Carney, twice ITU World Triathlon

champion each now have defibrillators implanted in

their chests to correct life-threatening arrythmias.

Chris Legh and Julianne White, both Ironman winners,

have each had entire sections of their colon removed

immediately after a race due to “ischemic conditions”

where the blood supply to the GI tract was rerouted

for so long (as the body diverted the blood to its

periphery to cool itself) that whole sections of the

colon literally died from lack of oxygen and

nutrients.

 

John Walker, one of the greatest milers of all-time

was diagnosed with Parkinsons at age 46.

Marty Liquori, another world-best miler was diagnosed

with leukemia at age 43.

Bruce Balch, Steve Scott and Lance Armstrong (all

endurance athletes) all got testicular cancer after a

few years of competing.

z Most of the top runners from the 80’s don’t run

anymore; many can barely walk due to arthritic

conditions. And we think endurance training is

healthy?

 

....You will find that brief, high intensity training

does

not increase tHcy in men but might do so in women. I

never recommend that women work out as hard as men for

this and for many other reasons. The bottom line is

that after a marathon half the individuals had tHcy

levels that are considered to be above the cut-off

point for ischaemic heart diseases (injury from oxygen

insufficiency).

 

In other words, they were very sick and more at risk

than a couch potato.

 

 

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