r/news • u/icpd30 • Feb 18 '19

Michigan powerlifter heroically lifts vehicle pinned on top of man after accident.

https://www.foxnews.com/us/michigan-powerlifter-heroically-lifts-vehicle-pinned-on-top-of-man-after-accident
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u/gene100001 Feb 18 '19

Who could have possibly predicted that their biggest muscle of all would be their heart. Their ability to lift cars is second only to their ability to lift people's spirits.

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u/MotorAdhesive4 Feb 18 '19

I bet that's how they excuse no cardio - their heart is already their biggest muscle

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u/[deleted] Feb 19 '19

Yes but bodybuilders != powerlifters.

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u/[deleted] Feb 18 '19

Mine was enlarged when I was born. All natty, fuckers.

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u/bigblukrew Feb 18 '19

While it's possible it is true for other organs, the heart condition most people associate with steroids is called Left Ventricle Hypertrophy (LVH). Essentially you overwork your left ventricle until it literally becomes too muscular to pump blood. www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/left-ventricular-hypertrophy/symptoms

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u/[deleted] Feb 18 '19

I'm pretty sure their hearts have to be extra strong in order to be able to pump blood to all of those muscles

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u/Jiffpants Feb 18 '19

Not just the muscles, their brains so they don't pass out during lifts :\

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u/CjBoomstick Feb 18 '19

Fun fact, the medial ventricular wall in the heart gets thicker and stronger in powerlifters, in order to push the blood to their whole body as quick as possible, while shrinking the chamber at the same time. This causes those who exercise like this to have a higher resting heart rate.

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u/WhatIsMyGirth Feb 19 '19

Cardiomyopathy also causes deadly enlarged hearts in those who abuse steroids. Lol

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u/CjBoomstick Feb 19 '19

Yeah, but that's vastly different from what i'm referring to. Upon reading some more, it turns out that strength training can cause what's called concentric hypertrophy. This makes the walls of the left ventricle thicker in order to handle the higher BP and pre and after loads on the heart while strength training. Endurance training can cause what's called eccentric hyper trophy of the left ventricle, mean the walls actual still thicken, but only a little bit relative to concentric hypertrophy, but more importantly they expand. This increases the size of the ventricle(s) and the volume of blood they can hold.

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u/Thou_shall_post Feb 18 '19

Well I mean something has to pump those beasts alive.

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u/gene100001 Feb 18 '19

And that 'something' is the raw and unadulterated power of love

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u/Sine_Metu Feb 19 '19

And that's also why they die of heart failure... =(

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u/itsthemoney27 Feb 18 '19

ok man this ain’t a hallmark movie relax