Ep 24: Running & Heart Health
How does running effects our heart health? How does one train & race considering heart health. How can runners test & know if their heart is healthy?
Over the years there has been much research on the correlation between running and heart health. While it is common knowledge that Running as a cardio activity does improve heart health, there is a lot more to the effect of Running on Heart Health. In this episode, we talk about how running can affect heart health in various ways with Dr. Aashish Contractor, who is a runner himself and is a pioneer of cardiac rehabilitation and sports cardiology.
In this episode, we talk about:
- How Running improves heart health
- Tracking heart health
- Training & Racing with a focus on heart health
- Causes of cardiac arrest in runners
- Importance of Recovery
- Tests that are recommended for runners to monitor heart health.
Guest Intro
Dr. Aashish Contractor
Dr. Aashish Contractor is currently the Director of Rehabilitation and Sports Medicine at the Sir H.N. Reliance Foundation Hospital, in Mumbai, India, and a fellow of the American College of Sports Medicine. Prior to this, he was the head of the department of Preventive Cardiology and Rehabilitation at the Asian Heart Institute. He is widely recognized as the pioneer of cardiac rehabilitation and sports cardiology in India and has recently authored a book, ‘The Heart Truth’, on heart disease prevention.
Dr. Contractor was the Medical Director for the Standard Chartered Mumbai Marathon, from 2004 to 2014, as well as other international sporting events in India. He is an avid sportsman, having run several marathons, and in April 2012, did a non-stop Mumbai - Pune – Mumbai cycle ride (329 km) with two friends and in the process raised 1.2 crore rupees for children with cancer. In 2016, the Zoroastrian Trust Funds of India awarded Dr. Contractor as the ‘Outstanding Zoroastrian in Medicine.’
Helpful Resources
- The Heart Truth - Book by Dr. Aasish Contractor
- Demystifying Tempo Runs and Lactate Threshold
- Find Your Training Paces
- Optimize training with RPE Scale
- Sleep to Recover and Perform
- Effect of Extreme Exercise on Hearth Health
Related Episodes
- Ep 22: The Science of Endurance Training
- Ep 18: Metabolic Fitness for Runners
- Ep 16: The Art and Science of Pacing
- Ep 19: Guide to Running Metrics
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