THE VIDEO SHELF · athlete's heart
Cyclists' hearts: can you be so fit that you die?
Medlife Crisis examines why some elite endurance athletes die in their sleep, covering extremely slow heart rates and the effects of performance-enhancing drugs that thicken blood. It uses cyclist Marco Pantani as an example.
Why HN readers recommended it
HN recommends it as a good, short explanation of athlete's heart and the risks of extreme fitness.
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Video & recommendation details
- Creator / channel
- Medlife Crisis
- Topic
- athlete's heart
- Format
- explainer
- Level
- general
- HN recommenders in dataset
- 2
- HN mentions in dataset
- 5
- Recommendation years in dataset
- 2019–2023
These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.
From the original HN conversations
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Medlife Crisis (a YouTube channel that deserves a much larger following) has a good video related to this topic: [VIDEO]
JshWright on Hacker News · 2020-01
In Athlete’s Heart (2003)"Medlife Crisis" has an interesting video about this: [VIDEO] (Cyclists' hearts: can you be so fit that you die?)
alfu on Hacker News · 2023-12
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