Talk:Cardiovascular drift

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I first heard of cardiac drift about 14 years ago. I am a survivor of bypass surgery, fully recovered from extreme CV blockages, documented on WebMD: http://www.webmd.com/heart-disease/features/webmd-the-magazines-my-story-cardiac-recovery.

I use the CVD concept in my rehab training.

I am not sure about the excess or erroneous conceptual details some researchers are trying to find or study. I have found that cardiac drift is a precursor to long term fatigue in training, and have used heart rate climb after steady state cardiovascular exercise, in many sports, including basketball, treadmill work, walking and rowing ergometer work as a marker to use to indicate I should slow down, at least slightly, after different periods of extended exercise.

Using this marker to back off on exercise intensity has allowed me to GREATLY extend my endurance, and the maximum heart rate at which I can exercise. At age 62, nine years post bypass surgery for 93% total blockage of my primary coronary arteries (99%, 99%, and 80%), my maximum heart rate is 183, and I can exercise for extended duration at a heart rate of 160 for 45 minutes or longer.

This despite the expected exercise performance at age 62 and a heart rate of 158 should put me gasping on the floor at 60 seconds.

I invite researchers to contact me.

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