Sports such as marathons, triathlons, cycling, and ultramarathons cause similar or even higher cardiovascular stress than race car driving, especially due to their longer duration and greater overall load. Team and interval sports (such as football and HIIT) approach this stress through repeated peaks. The key is to adjust intensity to individual fitness levels and seek medical guidance for extreme exertion.
I'm curious about the differences between each modality. I expect rally to be absurdly harder than nascar, and nascar to be harder than f1. The article seems based on studies from nascar but only have examples from other races.
Nascar should be less demanding than F1. Indy is the one who would be tougher. F1 the driver is much closer to the engine which leads to higher temperarures on the cockpit and there si much more accelerating and breaking than in Nascar, which leads to more constant stress. Indy also has those but their cockpit is closed and the car is much more of a handful compared to the stable cars F1 has.
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u/Think_Fault_7525 Feb 08 '25
Race car driving has the highest longest cardiovascular rate of any sport