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Human Performance Outliers Podcast with Zach Bitter

Episode 370: Dr. David Saenger - Cardiovascular Health & Endurance Training

Human Performance Outliers Podcast with Zach Bitter

Zach Bitter

Sports, Fitness, Nutrition, Health & Fitness, Hybridathlete, Ultra, Endurance, Ultramarathon, Running, Run

4.7615 Ratings

🗓️ 12 October 2023

⏱️ 76 minutes

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Summary

Dr. David Saenger is a cardiologist, ultramarathon runner, and someone who practices intermittent fasting and a low carbohydrate approach with his nutrition. He joined the show to discuss cardiovascular health and complications related to endurance training.
 
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Clarke, P. M., Walter, S. J., Hayen, A., Mallon, W. J., Heijmans, J., & Studdert, D. M. (2012). “Survival of the fittest: Retrospective cohort study of the longevity of Olympic medallists in the modern era.” BMJ, 345
 
Antero J., Tanaka H., De Larochelambert Q., et al “Female and male US Olympic athletes live 5 years longer than their general population counterparts: a study of 8124 former US Olympians” British Journal of Sports Medicine 2021;55:206-212
 
 

Transcript

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0:00.0

Thanks for tuning into this episode of the Human Performance Outliers podcast with Zach Bitter.

0:09.8

All right, everyone, welcome back to another episode of the Human Performance Outliers podcast. I'm your host,

0:15.0

Zach Bitter, and today I have a guest interview for you. Today's guest is Dr. David Sanger.

0:22.7

Dr. Sanger is a cardiologist,

0:28.0

ultra marathon runner, and someone who practices intermittent fasting and a low carbohydrate approach with his nutrition. He joined the show to discuss cardiovascular health and complications

0:34.0

related to endurance training. So one thing that has become more of a story over the last few years is cardiovascular health

0:43.2

when it comes to endurance activity.

0:45.7

So I think most people's intuition leads them towards endurance training or exercise in general

0:52.9

is heart healthy and they would be correct but there are

0:56.9

some interesting details that are worth noting and considering as you kind of structure your

1:03.0

training and racing habits potentially so i wanted to talk to dr david zanger about those specific

1:10.1

things and find out exactly what

1:11.7

maybe that means and see if maybe there's some difference that we need to be aware of as

1:16.9

endurance athletes in terms of kind of what shows up on maybe some sort of cardiovascular screening.

1:22.6

And we got it all sorts of stuff along those lines as well as other things just related to

1:26.2

cardiovascular health. So this is a fun one to do. Before I get rolling with Dr. Sanger, just a quick reminder that I do

1:31.4

host a raffle with the Human Performance Outliers podcast that is for a free consultation with me,

1:38.1

a 30 minute consultation. So the way that one works is if you want to enter the raffle all you have to do is share a show that you

1:44.8

enjoyed on social media and tag me just make sure you tag me or send me an email at hpbopcast

1:51.1

at gmail.com showing that you shared a post so that i know to enter you in the raffle you can do

1:57.2

that on any of the social media platforms most people do it Instagram. It's pretty easy to share on a story.

2:02.6

So I think they can share it from their phone app on whatever device they're listening to.

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