Exercising While Angry May Lead To Heart Attack

Exercising with unusual vigour while you are enraged or emotionally distraught could be dangerous for your heat, according to a new study. The results indicate that, individually, both strenuous workouts and emotional upheaval increase the likelihood of cardiac arrest, but the risk is greatest if you combine them. The new study, published last week in Circulation, is based on data of 12,500 men and women from 52 countries. About 13% of the people said that they had been heavily active just before their cardiac arrest, with about 14% saying that they had been angry or upset. There was quite a bit of overlap: Many said that they been both active and emotionally distraught before having their heart attack. Compared to how they felt the day before the attack, people had about twice the risk of heart attack when they were active and about the same risk when they were feeling very emotional. Combining those states and exercising while upset tripled someone’s risk of an attack compared to their risk the day before.