Cardiovascular Care of Masters Athlete
Guest: Kathryn Larson, M.D.
Host: Sharonne Hayes, M.D.
In this podcast, Dr. Kathryn Larson will focus on present analysis on the affect of train on cardiovascular physiology and well being. Specifically, she’s going to focus on her analysis on the results of life-long endurance train exposures on cardiac perform and train capability, significantly because it pertains to feminine masters athletes. This distinctive inhabitants can function an necessary mannequin of wholesome cardiovascular getting older and provide therapeutic insights into how train actually is an efficient remedy.
Topics Discussed:
• On a “big picture” scale, what’s attention-grabbing and distinctive about older adults who proceed to keep up a excessive degree of train coaching?
• Aging and the buildup of cardiac and non-cardiac ailments clearly impression cardiovascular perform over time. What classes can we study from masters athletes on how issues like getting older, menopause, and heart problems work together with a life-long behavior of train?
• What are among the challenges that include learning masters athletes?
• Is there such a factor as “too much exercise?”
0:00 Introduction to Masters Athletes
1:12 Defining the Masters Athlete
3:01 Why This Population Matters
4:33 Exercise, Aging, and Menopause
6:52 How Much Exercise Counts
9:21 Injury, Detraining, and Lost Fitness
10:55 Can Exercise Be Too Much
14:51 Challenges Studying Masters Athletes
17:37 Reaching Athletes Beyond the Clinic
19:14 New Research on Menopause and Fitness
20:24 Masters Athlete Registry Opportunity
22:10 Key Takeaway: Move More
