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Athletic Heart Detraining
Athletic Heart Detraining
Athletic Heart
Sometimes, high performance athletes can have slightly thickened heart muscle, and this can present a difficult challenge to decide whether this is just the result of training or actually an indication of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.
Although there are many approaches to this, one of the most definitive is a period of detraining. Over six weeks of minimal exercise, most athletes' hearts will return to normal.
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