Seasonal training shifts don’t shake rugby players’ heart health, finds study

Seasonal training shifts don’t shake rugby players’ heart health, finds study

In a recent study published in the journal Echo Research & Practice, researchers used a combination of 2D echocardiography, electrocardiography (ECG), and speckle tracking echocardiography (STE) to investigate the variations in male rugby football league (RFL) players’ cardiac function across four main time periods during an RFL season. Cardiac and training load co-evaluation during end … Read more

Sleep deprivation affects cardiovascular health even when caught up on weekends

Sleep deprivation affects cardiovascular health even when caught up on weekends

Whether it’s work or play that prevents us from getting enough shut-eye during the week, assuming we can make up for it by sleeping in over the weekend is a mistake. New research led by Penn State reveals that cardiovascular health measures, including heart rate and blood pressure, worsen over the course of the week … Read more