Originally Posted by
gl98115
The key phrase in this is "
young, healthy patients who had previously undiagnosed aneurysms, or enlargement of the aorta". These people had cardiovascular abnormalities before they started lifting. Even if they didn't lift, they could have had an aortic tear from any sort of physical or emotional stress, including vigorous sex.
https://medicine.yale.edu/aorta/news...e.aspx?id=4082
"Elefteriades, who enjoys weightlifting, notes that he and his team strongly encourage weight training to maintain muscle mass and bone health."
https://discovermagazine.com/2006/jul/weightlifting
I would agree with you save for the fact that normal screening would reveal an enlarged heart. And you cannot say that they have an undiagnosed aneurism simply because of a aortic tear from physical stress. That is a supposition after the fact.
My point is that I believe in training and I believe that training strengthens the entire body. But I also believe that, like physical therapists do, weight training should be limited to lighter weighs and building up your repetitions from scratch. I do a lot of heavy climbing and pulling on the bars is more than enough weight lifting for me.