OR it the afib may be due to too much too soon?I had this end of Nov/Dec 09, some times during swimming and running my heart would have an "electrical storm" causing irregular heart beats. Also when I started to put my feet up and rest as the heart rate dropped below 58.
This all started when I started taking
True Mass lean muscle protein by BSN. Label > >
OR it the afib may be due to too much too soon?
I went to the local hospital when afib was happening, they gave an ecg and was admitted immediately! I wasn't given anything to stop the afib, a few hours passed so I started to wave my arms as if free style swimming for 1 min or so, the afib then stopped! I had all the monitors on whilst on the hospital that night and nothing! I came home the next day. The day after I ran for 10k, early the next morning (4am) I had afib again, I did the free style swimming again for a min or so, the afib stopped, I went back to bed. It seemed that when ever I have afib, I raise my heart rate and it stops.
The flutters stopped around two weeks after not taking the protein and calming the exercise down.
14th Jan, back into the ironman training and no afib :-) fingers crossed!!
I can recommend http://www.afibbers.org/ a very helpful Afib website, Hans Larsen was very helpful to me with information.
A great new year prezzie being told the heart is 100% strong. No atrial fibrillation for 4 weeks. Need to train hard now, head down!
Sat 9th Jan: 11.5 km run, fair pace. Av hr = 150 in 1hr. 150 sit ups 60 press ups.
Diet: All bran with normal milk, nuts raisins, dried fruit, green tea. Lunch: scrabbled eggs. Cake Tea:
Friday 8th Jan: 76k on the bike (south part of course) Av 27.6 kph! HR max 171 Av 139 - Then 5k run at av 12 kph average. Pleased with that for a start off after the break!
Diet: All bran with soya milk, nuts raisins, dried fruit, green tea. No gels on bike, just banana and electrolyte drink! Lunch: Tuna pasta toms cucumber. Tea: tikka salad.
Thurs 7th Jan: happy days :-) Flew to Tenerife today for a heart eco scan, heart stress test, circulation test + eco scan. All 100% - The Dr blamed the whey protein and supplements for the atrial fibrillation - Nothing wrong found. A happy man today.
Sat 26th Dec: Skiing for 7 days Happy new year - No alcohol - promise! :-)
Friday 25th Dec: Happy Christmas
A crap week for training!! Plan B: "stay cool" until Mon at least, keep off dangerous chemical proteins, take herbal remedies for Afib, cut training in half at least until the new year (from Monday). Complete all heart/cardio tests and see what time brings.... Maybe I have Athletes heart , bad chemicals, over train? Whatever, I don't like it!
Fri 18th Dec: Had flutters at around 4am, raised HR by 1/2 mins swimming movements and they stopped! It seems when my HR is low (resting/sleeping) I can get flutters (atrial fibrillation). As soon as I raise my HR enough, they then go away. I have stopped all man made proteins (chemicals), I have bought herbal remedies for afib like Magnesium, Potassium, Folic Acid, Vit C.
Diet: All bran with soya milk, nuts raisins, dried fruit, green tea. Scrambled egg on wholemeal. Lunch:
Herbs: Garlic, hawthorn, vit C, muti vit, magnesium, potassium, omega 3, la carnitine, vit b complex, folic acid - All recommended to help atrial fibrillation/heart arrhythmia's.
Thurs 17th Dec: Still no flutters, went back to docs for appointment, Doc says all seems OK apart from flutters (atrial fibrillation) and a slightly thicker heart membrane (maybe due to endurance exercise). Have to have treadmill test etc before I get the all clear..
Diet: Diet: All bran with soya milk, nuts raisins, dried fruit, green tea.
Wed 16th Dec: Had chest xray, blood test, ultrasound of heart, 24hr blood pressure monitor, 24hr ecg monitor. Docs found nothing wrong, not a skipped beat! Sent home but told no exercise!
Diet: Hozzy food!
Tue: 15th Dec: Had "flutters" during the night, went to see the doc with the "flutters" - ecg straight away which was of course going crazy! I was admitted with atrial fibrillation, when in my room I started movements to raise HR. The afib stopped but I stayed in for the tests...
Diet: All bran with soya milk, nuts raisins, dried fruit, green tea. Later: Hozzy food!!
Monday 14th Dec: Went to see the doc, heart was fine, told to come back Tue for lots of test (especially when I said "Ironman training").
Diet: all the same good stuff but cut the protein right out!
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The 152k bike was a great buzz but I have been getting heart flutters for around two weeks now, I think this is either due to the crap chemical protein I bought or doing too much! Went to the Doc's but the flutters stopped.
Fri 11th Dec: Run 10k, pool swim.