Excessive endurance training can lead to a catabolic state and significant muscle mass loss. — Whalespan
Excessive endurance training can lead to a catabolic state and significant muscle mass loss.
⚠ High risk
The headline is broadly defensible, but the qualifications matter. Effect sizes vary by population, the strongest claims rest on shorter trials, and credible voices push back on how it's typically framed.
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High-risk intervention — consult a physician before acting.Drug-drug interactions, dose-dependence, and screening contraindications apply.
“when my patients that are really into endurance running in specifically my Asian population I find that they were much more catabolic when they do too much endurance training so many of them that are racing for half marathons they lose a lot of muscle mass from doing that”