Originally Posted by
redlude97
If you read the original article, 2 of the 5 had aneurysms doing pushups
https://jamanetwork-com.offcampus.li...bstract/197746 if you can't get access to the full article I can provide it via email. The 31 patients in the 2007 study were from extensive clinicial review of nationwide databases. It seems like the risk is a pretty small one, which they fail to statistically quantify
redlude - I have full access to the information. I completely agree with you that this appears to be too small of a study to strike any real conclusions. Remember that this wasn't concerning physical stress but ONLY heavy weight lifting. Furthermore, less than 20% of these sorts of studies yield a reproduction of the initial findings upon repeat studies.
But I will ask you - do you truly believe that you can't stress yourself to death? Mentally or physically?