Originally Posted by
cyclintom
"Scientists are calling for widespread heart screening of people before they begin weight training. That's based on new evidence that lifting more than half your body weight could put you at risk of sudden death.
Yale New Haven Hospital surgeon John Elefteriades and colleagues report in an advance online study in the journal Cardiology that they've documented a link between heavy lifting and torn aortas—the heart's main artery—in young, healthy patients who had previously undiagnosed aneurysms, or enlargement of the aorta.
In a group of 31 patients who had an undetected aneurysm and subsequent torn aorta from heavy lifting, 10 of them died. Elefteriades defines heavy lifting as lifting more than half your body weight."
Seriously, exactly who is trolling? This study started because of suspicions as far back as 2003 among members of the team.
First, where's the link?
Second, what does "lifting more than half your body weight" even mean? As I said, you lift more than half your body weight every time you get up from a toilet or walk up stairs.