Hey all,
I'm currently a one pack a day smoker. I've always smoked & cycled (sometimes at the same time), but recently I've set a quit date. In the mean time, I have a few questions!
I'm 23 years old, am in good health (blood tests normal, BP excellent, RHR low, low body fat, cholesterol low, etc.) and train vigorously; however, I noticed that lately (increasing over the past few years) my performance has started to suck more and more. I know what this is because of, but I've been worried about a few things. Would it be possible for me to suffer a cardiac arrest when doing something really intense such as hard intervals? My heart rate doesn't seem to go up that high, but when I'm through, I definately feel thoroughly beat, almost dizzy. I attribute this to my horrible lungs. My v02 max is probably 10 haha. When I'm done with intervals, I'm able to finish out my workout fine, and when I'm done I seem to recover rapidly without a lot of muscle pain, so I know it's not my legs that are getting destroyed. This leads me to believe that I'll never my body is ahead of me and I wont be able to progress any further without quitting. I'm just worried about keeling over in the meantime.
I'm currently a one pack a day smoker. I've always smoked & cycled (sometimes at the same time), but recently I've set a quit date. In the mean time, I have a few questions!
I'm 23 years old, am in good health (blood tests normal, BP excellent, RHR low, low body fat, cholesterol low, etc.) and train vigorously; however, I noticed that lately (increasing over the past few years) my performance has started to suck more and more. I know what this is because of, but I've been worried about a few things. Would it be possible for me to suffer a cardiac arrest when doing something really intense such as hard intervals? My heart rate doesn't seem to go up that high, but when I'm through, I definately feel thoroughly beat, almost dizzy. I attribute this to my horrible lungs. My v02 max is probably 10 haha. When I'm done with intervals, I'm able to finish out my workout fine, and when I'm done I seem to recover rapidly without a lot of muscle pain, so I know it's not my legs that are getting destroyed. This leads me to believe that I'll never my body is ahead of me and I wont be able to progress any further without quitting. I'm just worried about keeling over in the meantime.