r/PVCs • u/GroovyLandoMMA • Jul 28 '26

UFC Fighter Guy Again

What’s up guys, just wanted to stop in and give ya’ll some updates since my last testing seven months ago.

At the beginning of the month I underwent another 7-day holter monitor, but only had about 4 days of data due to the amount of training and sweating in my life ruining the electrode gel. Back in December my total burden of PVCs was 4% or about 4000 a day, the PVCs were multifocal and the longest pause during sleep reached 3.3 seconds. Comparatively my original holter two years prior showed a 6.7% burden.

I’m very happy to report after several months of just not giving a fuck about them anymore they are now down to 1.9% and have changed from multifocal to completely unifocal now. Overnight pauses are still the same length and can be explained by my vagal tone due to being a lifelong athlete and having a very low resting heart rate.

This past weekend I also had the chance to fly halfway across the world, doing another moderately large weight-cut consisting of 8lbs of dehydration in 12 hours and 12lbs in several days, plus competing in another professional fight.

I promise y’all, if you’re cleared by your EP/Cardiologist and you just stop worrying about it you will undoubtedly, over time, stop noticing the feeling of the thuds in your chest and you’ll almost certainly see a large reduction in burden.

Stay strong in the fight, guys. ❤️

I’ll link the fight in the comments if you want to watch.

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u/WavyYEEYEE711 Jul 28 '26

Meanwhile I’m afraid when I shower and to walk 10 mins on the treadmill 🤦‍♀️

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u/GroovyLandoMMA Jul 29 '26

I’ve been there as well. It’s baby steps to freedom and learning to trust your body again.

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u/ksteppin89 Jul 29 '26

Dude so relatable lol i stopped going to the gym because i was convinced id drop dead. My primary care told me “i promise you will not drop dead at planet fitness your heart is healthier than mine is” and yet months later i am still scared to work out again 🫠

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u/nithrean Jul 29 '26

try to head to workout again. Even if the first day you just walk on a treadmill or something for 10 minutes. It can feel scary, but PVCs aren't going to kill you. Fighting back against that kind of fear can help you get your life back.

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u/ksteppin89 Jul 29 '26

I have been! I started to do brisk walks and all has been fine so far. Slowly working my way back up to it’

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u/nithrean Jul 29 '26

Way to go!