Friday, October 24, 2008
John Gilson of Again Faster has this to say about the recent cautions about starting a high intensity exercise program for fear of Rhabdo.
http://www.againfaster.com/articles/ninety-nine-ways-to-die.html
Here's an excerpt:"You are going to die. One day, you will be buried, cremated, or otherwise disposed of, returned to the carbon cycle from which you came. Hopefully, someone will cry, and you'll leave the world with fond memories of your brief existence.Odds are, your parting will not be the result of exercise-induced rhabdomyolysis. This occurrence, in which the rapid breakdown of muscle fibers overwhelms your kidneys with renegade proteins, is rarely fatal. It is painful, but it will not send your loved ones coffin shopping.You're far more likely, epidemiologically speaking, to die of heart disease, cancer, diabetes, or one of myriad other ailments impacting our sedentary, insulin-insensitive population. The trip from the couch to the crash cart occurs far more often than the trip from the platform to the emergency room..."

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