jmix wrote:
robzuki wrote:
The potassium level issue is one thing. Hypokalemia (decrease in blood potassium levels) leads to gradual weakening of muscles which further causes weakness and fatigue. It is also detrimental if detected in lower amounts as it would sacrificed the heart and the intestinal tract having arrythmias and severe constipation and bowel distention (respectively). In short, having severe hypokalemia is a life-threatening condition. Banal must have been negelcted by his medical personnel during his training thus resulted to his frustrating defeat.
I was surprised when Aldeguer remarked about maintaining Banal's heart rate to an average of 34-38 beats/minute!o That is really abnormal! It is true that in most of the athletes their heart rates are below the usual normal heart rate of 60-100 beats per minute, but with 34 beats per minute?! nah, that would really cause much exhaustion to Banal in the long run. IMHO, this is probably the major reason why Banal didnt last for 12 rounds during the fight! Cmon Mr. Aldeguer you dont want to lose your precious fighters do you with that type of conditioning? Luckily for Banal, he didnt experienced arrythmia after the fight coz otherwise it would be the start of the end of his career as a professional fighter under ALA.
Thanks for that in-depth medical analysis. However, are those things you mentioned be a product of gradual process due to any particular ailment? Does potassium level drop at one instant, like in the case of AJ, at fight night? The symptoms you mentioned, can they not be detected earlier like severe constipation or bowel detention. Now you mentioned heart rate. Don't you think the ALA Camp with their physicians know about all these, as according to ALA, they've been monitoring it prior to fight night. It appears to me this is the heart rate they are accustomed to and basis of standard for all there boxers. This is getting very interesting!!!!
Potassium level cannot drop at an instant, it is usually a gradual process. Take for instance, perspiration, electrolytes such as potassium and sodium along with chlorides are gradually excreted through our body in this process, and are constantly replenished by our body. In AJ's, the complications of having hypokalemia is already imminent with dehydration experienced accompanied by muscle fatigue brought by serious, rigid training likewise the main fight.
I think the medical personnels around AJ have been on constant monitor with regards to the boxer's health status however you cannot expect a 100% assurance that AJ is ready to take on the grueling 12 rounds when in fact potassium levels can can greatly influenced both your cardiac health and muscular activity. Having a low potassium level in the blood had seriously exhausted AJ's arsenal and thats what they have observed/seen during the fight. They havent addressed the situation of having AJ subject to serum electrolyte determination prior to the fight. Thats part of the conditioning I supposed better than rehydrating at instant wherein you never know what type of electrolyte is gradually lost--for in Banal's case--potassium.
I think your the right person to be their conditioning coach. Seriously!
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I would like to correct the statement of one of the poster saying that the body replenish itself with electrolytes ... Thats not true [you have to physically replace it]. Once you're dehydrated and lose a signifanct amount of electrolytes it will be as if somebody switch-off the power from your body, thats the term we cyclists use as "hitting the wall". 
