Can Heavy Weightlifting Scar the Heart? – with Dr Pelin Yargıç
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🏋️♀️ Extended interview: https://www.patreon.com/evidencestrong/posts/do-weightlifters-173710190 🏋️♀️Weightlifting is a great sport, but can it negatively affect a lifter's heart? I'm on a mission to answer this question here on the Evidence Strong Show once and for all. We're not there yet, but I hope we are getting closer with this episode with Dr Pelin Yargıç, MD, PhD. Pelin is a sports medicine physician, currently working at Romatem Physical Therapy Hospitals in Bursa, Türkiye. She is a member of the Turkish Weightlifting Federation Health Committee. She is a member of the Turkish Sports Medicine Association and the Turkish Medical Association.Enjoy!Original research paper:Yargic MP, Akin S, Duzgun SA, Demirkan B, Hayta U, Menderes Y, Yolcu BI, Akin Y, Hazirolan T, Demirel HA. Physiological rather than pathological cardiac remodeling in olympic-style elite weightlifters: an imaging and biomarker study. European Journal of Applied Physiology. 2026 Sep 15:1-0.https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00421-026-06412-5---❤️ Join Evidence Strong Patreon:https://www.patreon.com/evidencestrong▶️ Watch the episodes on YouTube:https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL9L-_m0WGD_7xV0sf87Zy7oMVDdtqR3bG🖼️ Weightlifting research infographics:https://evidencestrong.com✉️ Follow Dr Pelin Yargıç:🔹 https://www.instagram.com/doc.dr.pelinyargic/💪 Follow Evidence Strong:🔹 https://www.instagram.com/evidence_strong🔹 https://x.com/EvidenceStrongAll the content is for informational purposes only and is not intended as medical, nutritional, coaching, or financial advice, nor does it substitute for advice from your health care professional/provider. Any actions you will take, changes you will make to your nutrition, training or health care, are on your own responsibility and not mine.
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