The Haywire Heart presents the evidence that going too hard or too long can damage your heart forever. 
How is it actually? Is it as bad as Dr. Mandrola argues?

**REVIEW**

"Dr. Mandrola explains why many doctors misdiagnose heart conditions in athletes and offers an invaluable guide on how to talk with your doctor about your condition and its proven treatments. He covers known heart irritants, training and rest modifications, effective medicines, and safe supplements that can reduce the likelihood of heart damage from exercise.

Heart conditions affect hardcore athletes as well as those who take up sports seeking better health and weight loss. The Haywire Heart is a groundbreaking and critically important guide to heart care for athletes. By protecting your heart now and watching for the warning signs, you can avoid crippling heart conditions and continue to exercise and compete for years to come."

[The book on amazon.com](https://www.amazon.com/Haywire-Heart-exercise-protect-heart/dp/1937715671)


**THE OPPOSITE POSITION**

'With the sensationalist approach of The Haywire Heart, it will take a bit of extra work and pursuit of clarification and calibration from the literature to fully grasp the current understanding of the relationship of endurance exercise to the development of arrhythmias. This is unfortunate because with some minor editing the book could have been a “one stop shop” on the subject for the interested endurance athlete and general reader alike. But the sensationalist vibe and biased writing undermine the good work that is presented.

The book does serve as a good source for basic information on the heart and how it works, review of some interesting cases of endurance athletes who have developed arrhythmias, and as a source for references to background material. I suggest you read the thesis referenced above and the other relevant work (including the recent review article) and make your own conclusions, but suffice it to say that, in my opinion, the alarm that is the apparent primary focus of the book “The Haywire Heart” is misplaced and substantially detracts from a book that provides an otherwise good source of information on the subject.'

**― Robert Youngman**

[The opposite opinion of Robert Youngman, Ph.D. Solid State Physics](https://itsallaboutthevertical.wordpress.com/2017/05/07/the-haywire-heart-how-too-much-exercise-can-kill-you-and-what-you-can-do-to-protect-your-heart-review/)

**― RW**


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