Counting The Losses

Edmund R. Burke, Ph.D., “Unfortunately, the muscle cells gain from miles and miles of cycling are quickly lost when you stop training. If for some reason you are unable to train for just one week, the muscle’s aerobic energy declines to 50 percent of its trained level

… Studies have shown that the number of capillaries around each muscle cell decreases by 10 to 20 percent between five to 12 days after the last training session… [more]”

MayoClinic.com, “Postconcussion syndrome, a poorly understood complication, causes concussion symptoms to last for weeks or months. People who have had a concussion also double their risk of developing epilepsy within the first five years after the injury.

There also is evidence that people who have had multiple concussions over the course of their lives suffer cumulative neurological damage. A link between concussions and the eventual development of Alzheimer’s disease also has been suggested… [more]”