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Man...
Mar 11, 2019, 10:29 AM
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I got a phone call this morning that a good friend of mine died yesterday. He was only 51. Had a heart attack. He had gotten kind of fat over the years, but the ironic thing is, he had changed all that in the past 2 years. He quit smoking, changed his diet, lost a lot of weight, and picked up bike riding. He was riding about 30 miles a week from what I understand. Yesterday, he had a heart attack right after a bike ride.
That's the second friend of mind that had a heart attack and died after a bike ride.
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Oculus Spirit [79429]
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Sorry about your friend
Mar 11, 2019, 10:32 AM
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But it's time to have a conversation about road cyclists.....
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Glad I sold mine. Apparently, they are bad for you.***
Mar 11, 2019, 10:38 AM
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All-Conference [410]
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All fun'in Aside ...
Mar 11, 2019, 11:07 AM
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all you guys and girls over 45 with a history like friend of Micallen should get a HeartSaver CT scan. The scan is non-invasive and will check your coronaries for blockage which can lead to myocardial infarction. A friend of mine started living healthy at 49 (good diet and exercise) then died at 53 from a heart attack. What you don't know can kill you.
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Hall of Famer [20571]
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Didn't know such a thing existed.
Mar 11, 2019, 11:15 AM
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I might have to check into that. I've always wondered why you had to wait til you had a heart attack to find out how much blockage you have in various arteries, etc.
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Re: All fun'in Aside ...
Mar 11, 2019, 11:19 AM
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I feel like I am going to have a heart attack from worrying about cancer so much.
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All-In [36450]
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Bike riding can be very dangerous it seems.***
Mar 11, 2019, 11:13 AM
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Oculus Spirit [81061]
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Will also give you prostate cancer
Mar 11, 2019, 11:41 AM
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I think its that little seat that gets crammed up the taint. I knew two dudes who had prostate cancer and both rode bikes. Coincidence? Maybe. But they both were pretty young.
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I too had my heart attack at 51.
Mar 11, 2019, 11:19 AM
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Was thinking about adding cycling in addition to walking, but obviously will now scrap that plan.
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If you would like to incorporate coughing up blood into your
Mar 11, 2019, 11:38 AM
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workout routine, might I suggest Crossfit.
Had to give that up at 46 when diagnosed with Hypertrophic obstructive Cardiomyopothy.
since then got fat.
now doing yoga a lot and watching what i eat A LOT. recently started incorporating body weight exercises of pushups, situps etc. about the most cardio thing I do is jumprope though I havent progressed back to double unders.
Im down 19 lbs since christmas.
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All-In [38514]
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I'm trying to walk (briskly > 4 mph) at least 2 miles a day.
Mar 11, 2019, 11:45 AM
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Wanting to move up to jogging. I'm not looking to kill myself, just be in better cardio health.
Lost 15 lbs since the end of January.
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