#238 From 100% Heart Blockage to Peak Fitness: How a Master Cyclist Cheated Death | Prashant Tidke's Incredible Journey

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In this episode I talk to Prashant Tidke. Prashant is a charted accountant by profession and a masters cyclist by passion. In 2019, he had to undergo an angiogram to deal with a potentially deadly 100% blockage in his heart. He not only recovered from his heart condition but also got back to full athletic activity and worked himself to becoming the fittest he has been all his life. In this episode, he shares the rehab protocol he used to recover from such a critical condition and advises on how to identify potential warning signs and respond in time. His story serves as another example of how fitness and health are two different things and what we need to do in order to take care of our health as we age. I hope you enjoy this conversation as much as I did.

0:00:00 Intro

0:04:25 Moving to Pune and running cross country races

0:06:10 Focus on Charted Accountancy taking precedence over sports

0:08:36 Getting back to physical activity to quit smoking

0:12:06 Getting into brevet riding in 2011 and going to PBP the same year

0:15:15 Tour of Nilgiris 2012 taught me what bicycling is

0:16:36 Winning races in 2013-2015, masters getting stronger

0:19:26 How his heart blockage was uncovered, the signs

0:29:36 Health and fitness are two different things

0:30:10 Genetics and lifestyle issues

0:32:00 Rehab and medications; coming back from depression

0:39:00 How zone 2 training during the pandemic helped his road to recovery

0:40:20 Weight training in the gym

0:43:00 Advice for working athletes, regular health checks, no smoking

0:55:10 Closing

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