Off-Topic Heart attack risk shoveling snow?

[the hansenator]

My understanding is that it's the high level of exertion, and nothing to do specifically with the activity of shoveling snow, that is the risk factor. As a group, people older than 55 are overweight, weak, and lack conditioning - if this doesn't describe you, then my non-medical recommendation to you is to use common sense shoveling snow just as you would for any other physical activity but don't otherwise avoid it.

-S-

It’s the high level of exertion done in the cold. The cold weather constricts the blood vessels making the activity more dangerous than it would be in warmer weather. This is how my grandmother died.

 

[Boris Bachmann]

I wrote this about 11 years ago for another person and the site no longer exists so I re-uploaded it. Related to the topic of shoveling snow - "Digging Out of A Blizzard: 5 Lessons for Training & Life"