A male asked:
should a person with a pacemaker avoid weight ?lifting
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Dr. Donald Alves answered
24 years experience Emergency Medicine
Not unless: ...Specifically instructed not to by your cardiologist. Otherwise, reasonable weights for reasonable reps shouls help strengthn fightings
Answered on Apr 2, 2018
Dr. Jimmy Bowen answered
34 years experience Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Weight lifting: Not necessarily. But if not actively an exerciser begin with observed cardiac rehab and progress to resistance exercises under observation in the beginning.
Answered on Apr 2, 2018
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