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Tweaking My Train Program With AI – BionicOldGuy

I’ve had some enjoyable lately working with Gemini Deep Analysis to tweak my train program for optimum well being. First I requested about what’s one of the best prescription for a 72 yr previous (will probably be 73 tomorrow) with average aortic paravalvular leakage, who can also be on metoprolol (a beta-blocker that tends to restrain coronary heart fee response to train). I obtained a reasonably conservative suggestions. It’s because within the absence of extra knowledge, most coronary heart fee is estimated from age-based formulae which are likely to underestimate my true max, and conservative assumptions are made about how a lot metoprolol will affect the max. So subsequent I added the tidbit that my max coronary heart fee has been measured to be 160 whereas on metoprolol. That modified issues, and led to this fascinating report. The report made this remark in regards to the 160 beats per minute: “A important knowledge level on this case is the affected person’s measured most coronary heart fee of 160 bpm. Within the context of a 72-year-old male on metoprolol, this worth is a major physiological outlier that dictates all the technique of the train prescription”.

The suggestions should not too completely different than what I used to be already doing, aside from the advised intervals that are meant to be heart-valve-healthy. I used to be doing a sequence of many quick sprints (15 sec) adopted by an excellent restoration. I believed this was good for my valve situation as a result of my coronary heart fee doesn’t rise an excessive amount of doing them. So I particularly requested if this was an excellent protocol, resulting in this reportby which the reply is emphatically no. Even with the guts fee staying low, blood stress can rise excessively because of the depth of the sprints. The beneficial intervals are 1 minutes lengthy with about 1 minute restoration, at a difficult however nonetheless cardio tempo. I’ve tried these out and like them higher than the sprints anyway.

One other enjoyable factor now you can do with Gemini’s is use its companion device Pocket book LM to make an info-graphic that summarizes a doc. I’ve finished this a number of instances and located them to be good high quality. Doing that for the doc with my beneficial train prescription led to the graphic above. Luckily, I haven’t skilled any of the “crimson flag” signs.


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