{"podcast":{"title":"Perform with Dr. Andy Galpin","slug":"perform-with-dr-andy-galpin-6754078","podcast_index_feed_id":6754078,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/perform","website_url":"https://www.performpodcast.com","image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/7ccb76de-a5a4-11ee-9959-3708fa969426/image/3802b9dd3e50d14ce6feb3e5d966f06e.png?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"Scicomm Media","episode_count":28,"summary":"This is Perform with Dr. Andy Galpin. I'm Dr. Andy Galpin, a professor and director of the Human Performance Center at Parker University. With this podcast, my goal is to help you better understand and maximize your own physical and mental performance, leveraging my two decades of experience with elite performers, including Olympians and world champions across numerous sports. The goal is to cover a range of tools, technologies, and strategies designed to help everyone—from beginners to record-breaks, and everyone in between. While not all of us are elite athletes—myself included—there are countless lessons and tools we can learn from those performing at the highest levels. And remember, as legendary coach Bill Bowerman stated, \"If you have a body, you are an athlete.\" If you're not already, I hope you'll consider starting to train and recover like one.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-10T18:17:09.612365+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/perform-with-dr-andy-galpin-6754078"},"episode":{"title":"Intense Exercise & Potential Heart Damage (aka Athlete's Heart)","slug":"intense-exercise-potential-heart-damage-aka-athlete-s-heart","published_at":"2026-05-13T08:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/perform-with-dr-andy-galpin-6754078/intense-exercise-potential-heart-damage-aka-athlete-s-heart","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/perform-with-dr-andy-galpin-6754078","url":"https://www.performpodcast.com/episodes/athletes-heart-intense-exercise-heart-damage","audio_url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/SCIM5068582704.mp3","summary":"In this episode, I cover \"athlete's heart\" — the paradox where the same cardiovascular adaptations that make endurance athletes exceptional can also mimic, and sometimes mask, real risk. I trace the history of what’s now known as exercise-induced cardiovascular remodeling (EICR), and walk through what's actually happening structurally, functionally, and electrically in a trained heart. I separate adaptive changes like left ventricular dilation and increased stroke volume from genuinely concerning issues such as hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, atrial fibrillation, coronary calcification, and myocardial fibrosis. I also answer the question, \"is too much exercise bad for the heart?\" This episode is for endurance athletes, lifters, coaches, along with anyone who might have a family history of heart disease. Show notes: https://www.performpodcast.com/episodes/athletes-heart-intense-exercise-heart-damage Sponsors Momentous: https://livemomentous.com/perform TrueMed: https://truemed.com/perform Eight Sleep: https://eightsleep.com/perform Chapters (00:00:00) Introduction & the Athlete's Heart Paradox (00:07:11) History of Athlete's Heart (00:09:24) Heart Anatomy & Physiology Primer (00:28:03) What Goes Wrong: Heart Attacks & Arrhythmias (00:32:54) Genetic Causes: WPW, LDS & Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy (00:39:59) Exercise-Induced Cardiovascular Remodeling (EICR) (00:53:12) Endurance vs. Strength Training Adaptations (01:08:00) When Exercise Goes Too Far: AFib, Calcification & Fibrosis (01:27:06) Screening, Testing & Interventions (01:37:37) Summary Disclaimer & Disclosures Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices","meta_description":"In this episode, I cover \"athlete's heart\" — the paradox where the same cardiovascular adaptations that make endurance athletes exceptional can also mimic…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":6295,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/perform-with-dr-andy-galpin-6754078/episodes/intense-exercise-potential-heart-damage-aka-athlete-s-heart/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/perform-with-dr-andy-galpin-6754078/intense-exercise-potential-heart-damage-aka-athlete-s-heart.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}