I would assume anxiety is closely related to your heart beat. So I wonder if improving you cardio can reduce anxiety symptoms?
I don’t know what this means.
What have you found in your attempts to find an answer to this question?
Wik, while we appreciate having people participate on the forum, we do spend our free time doing this for free. I get the impression that recently, nearly every fleeting thought/question that has come into your mind has turned into a question you’ve posted on this forum.
Even if you simply search the words “cardio anxiety” you will find abundant resources on the matter in question here.
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Wik, as someone who has suffered from panic disorder for many years , I can tell you that in my case yes, my anxiety was linked to my heart beat. I would spend all day worrying about my heart, was it beating too fast. Too slow. Am I gonna have a heart attack ( all while having zero family history of heart issues). It literally consumed my life and make it impossible for me to do most things because then my anxiety would kick in and I’d start freaking out. I can list the following things that have helped me all but completely overcome my issues and I haven’t had an attack in probably 2 and a half years.
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learning diaphragm breathing. When I would start having an attack I would hyperventilate and it would all spiral downhill from there. Learning diaphragm breathing acted as a governor on an engine if you will. I could only get amped up so much because after I controlled my breathing , my heart rate followed. After learning this ability it gives you a whole new power and confidence. Because hey , even if I start to have an attack so what? I can kill it off.
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powerlifting. Getting into the gym and becoming obsessed with it has kept me goal oriented. I don’t have time for anxiety because I have a mission. New training cycle after training cycle , new numbers after new numbers. I always have new goals.
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cardio. Adding cardio in did help , especially from a confidence level. I used to be scared to go up some steps or engage in anything physical for fear my heart would explode. Now I’m lifting 4 days a week , within about 8 months of pulling 600. On top of that I’m logging about 5 miles of walking a week. It feels great to know that not only am I strong but in general my body is in great condition , my anxiety is gone. I hope this help put things in perspective a bit
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That was not Dr. Baraki’s intent. Rather, we want people to try answering their questions before posting, as this is better for learning.
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Any chance of ever creating a podcast, video, or 2-minute Tuesday, that would address best practices for the non-medical little people, (who aren’t subscribers to those top-secret doctor data bases that we know you have 
who are trying to do just that?
When I go to NCBI with a question, it’s overwhelming – it’s like an alien abduction, where I’m returned home 10 years later, have nothing to show for the effort, am more confused than ever, and beginning to exhibit symptoms of carpel tunnel from googling every other word.
T2DM and have been looking for a way to manage Dawn Phenomenon (I want to train in the morning, before the inevitable & unexpected intrusions blow up my schedule). My MD mentioned shifting meds to bedtime, but no effect, and I’ve already run across a couple studies saying that’s the equivalent of pounding sand.
Any chance for inserting such a demo of good home-research techniques in your upcoming seminars? That, all by itself, would be more than worth the price of attendance.
Greatly appreciate what must be truckloads of time that you and your team freely shower upon us – I don’t know how you find time for it in what must already be a loaded schedule. Thank you!
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Not a bad idea, Mikey!
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This really resonates with me. As someone with a late-developing interest in evidence-based training, and in engaging with science as an interested layman in general, I am always frustrated by the barrier created by my almost complete lack of exposure to scientific literacy when I try to engage directly with source material, or, frankly, even in trying to figure out how to know where to look for reputable source materials in the first place.
So I heartily second this request. Any material that you put out along these lines would be tremendously appreciated by me, and likely by many others.
As always, thank you for everything you do.
Thirded! There a few examples of things I can think of that supposedly have evidence based research done on them. But as an in educated individual I struggle to determine how good the data is.