Endurance Exercise, Cardiovascular Health, and the Dangers of ”Too Much Exercise” (Part I)

Hello everyone and welcome to the Science & Chill podcast, I’m your host Brady Holmer.

This week and next week’s episode of the podcast will be a bit different. Rather than an original interview, I’m going to release a two-part interview that I gave on the Run Smarter podcast a few months ago. The Run Smarter podcast is hosted by runner and physiotherapist Brodie Sharpe. He invited me on his podcast to answer some questions related to endurance exercise and cardiovascular health, a topic that I think all of my audience will find helpful and hopefully useful. There has been a lot of discussion lately on whether there is a point where exercising too much might be bad for our cardiovascular health, and also an interest in what amount of exercise is best for healthspan and longevity. We discuss some data related to both of these topics in the interview. Brodie was kind enough to allow me to release both parts of our interview on my own podcast, and that’s what you’re listening to today.

Part II of our interview will release next Monday, so be sure to subscribe on whatever platform you’re listening on so you don’t miss out on the second half of our conversation.

In the interview, Brodie and I talk about exercise and heart health including:

 

At what point can running become detrimental to cardiovascular health?

 

What training is best for cardiac collatereralization?

 

Is it okay to race 20-30 beats per minute above your training heart rate?

 

Is there a certain threshold where cardio health is counterproductive for performance and also longevity?

 

…and more.

 

Enjoy!

 

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