Health risks of holding your breath while lifting - with cardiovascular expert Kate Drury

🏋️‍♀️ Extended version of this interview: https://www.patreon.com/posts/holding-breath-78538575 🏋️‍♀️ Kate Drury is a powerlifter and emergency nurse who also works in academia at UNSW Sydney, specializing in the area of cardiovascular exercise physiology. She is currently a PhD candidate studying the effects of exercise on heart function in patients with heart failure. After months of searching, I have finally found an expert to talk about cardiovascular (heart and blood vessels) health and weightlifting.From the day I read a research paper on cardiac complications in different sports, I was dying to ask someone about the possible negative effect of weightlifting on the heart. Are there any risks for the heart related to doing strength sports? And finally, I have found Kate. Her unique background as a passionate strength sports athlete, a health professional, AND a researcher, makes her a perfect candidate to talk all things heart-weightlifting-health. We talk about her research on the Valsalva maneuver in powerlifters versus sedentary participants.Enjoy! Join Evidence Strong Patreon:https://www.patreon.com/evidencestrongWatch the episodes on YouTube:https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL9L-_m0WGD_7xV0sf87Zy7oMVDdtqR3bGEvidence Strong summary of this study:https://evidencestrong.com/intensity-and-training-of-the-valsalva-maneuver-on-cardiac-responseLink to the original research paper:https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1515/jbcpp-2022-0029/htmlWeightlifting research infographics:https://evidencestrong.comFollow Kate Drury:https://twitter.com/physiologistk8Follow Evidence Strong:https://www.instagram.com/evidence_stronghttps://twitter.com/EvidenceStrongAll the content is for informational purposes only and is not intended as medical, nutritional, coaching, or financial advice, nor does it substitute for advice from your health care professional/provider. Any actions you will take, changes you will make to your nutrition, training or health care, are on your own responsibility and not mine.

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