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Exercise and Infrared Sauna with Ascending Aortic Aneurysm
I began going to my local Planet Fitness back in 2019, just pre-pandemic. Never used a conventional gym before, I found and stuck with the 30 minute circuit room, and the cardio on the treadmill or stair machines.
This past March on a routine Calcium Score test, it was found that I have a 4.5 x 4.5 Aortic Aneurysm.
As we all know, Aneurysms are often genetic; and in my case it is. My Father had two, and died from the second. My youngest nephew also has one.
I have a cardiologist now, who told me that high heart rates and high blood pressure are enemies to aneurysms; and to continue exercising, but to keep my heart rate
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Before I had my AAA fixed my cardiologist told me to be aware of exercises where people normally would tend to hold their breaths. High BP is the worst enemy of an aneurysm and holding your breath while lifting weights or doing crunches for example, raise your BP, it can spike significantly for that moment.
Otherwise, since I was already exercising he did not give me a lot more restrictions. After surgery, bench presses had to wait as it takes a while for the sternum to heal. Even today after 4 years since the surgery I still feel a very slight discomfort in my sternum.