How many MET/Watt before first ski?

[Dave_40]

11mo ago I had a MI on the slopes on 27th ski day for year.

I'm now badly LV damaged, unblocked, new valved and really stable in last 6 week since electro-cardioversion to eliminate atrial-flutter that had me in right side failure.

I wanna go skiing, if even for an hour on greens
I'll not be emotionally crushed if I find hard limits but will take huge boost if I could slide the easy blues and get down the couple bad spots.

I do 3.5MET / 80 watt on machines at rehab without hard limit or penalty and moving up 7% every week.

Who thinks I'm crazy and who thinks go for it?

 

[BillCobit]

Dave, if you're at 3.5 METS at rehab, it sounds like skiing would be unknown territory at this point. If I were you, I'd want to do 9-10 METS in the lab without any ill effects before I'd think about it. IMO, ski slope would be a bad choice for a place to discover that your heart can't handle the workload.

Just my $0.02

 

[LLJ]

You're not crazy,you just want to do the thing you love. HOWEVER; I believe skiing requires proficiency at 6-9 METS depending on your intensity. I say wait until you can do that with ease under controlled circumstances. Be patient and you can have it all;impatience can have you lose it all.
LLJ
PS The snow conditions suck this year anyway

 

[LLJ]

OOps, it's 8-10 METS for skiing. My mistake. My cardiac rehab nurse would yell at me if I didn't correct that!)
LLJ

 

[Dave_40]

Sorry, things are pretty busy.
I did go stomping around in 18in new snow and handled it great considering the work that is and thin air. Of course I got winded but I dare anyone to say they wouldn't also, maybe at a faster pace but everyone gets winded trudging thru snow

I have LV damage from MI, I may never see 9MET, if I do then I'm back into many games. If I could get 9MET on all the pace/rate crap I'm on now I'd be as strong as ever once off.

I'm done with a upper res fluids cold and moving up quick on MET though I may be approaching a plattue, 2 week later now easilly sustaining 4.7 from 3.5 for 30-40min

I'm going skiing when opportunity present itself, with expecation that I may only get 1-2 runs and have fought limits and hill the whole way but I'll have done it. Not this week as new snow is 5 MET all in itself and I'd rate sliding down well groomed blues at steady pace maybe 3-4. Also not at anyplace with long ass walk in boots w/ gear either, thus escape route is assured with minimal 10MET bursts.

I'm in the camp that says hard cross country and snow shoes are 10+ and sliding down a slightly bumpy hill can't be all that difficult. It's more of a strain on muscles that haven't been used in a year and lots of jarring of bumps straining/micro-tearing muscles.

thanks all
I'll post when I get back

 

[BillCobit]

Sincere best wishes for an enjoyable outing, Dave. Let us know how it went.

 

[Philip]

I lack the expertise to comment on the technical questions but can say with certainty that you should feel guilty for getting in 27 days +. I'm jealous!!
Philip