Doctors issue warning over popular workout trend as female athlete, 24, suddenly drops dead

A young pistillate mysteriously died portion she was competing successful a CrossFit contention in Mexico. 

Nayeli Clemente, 24, was competing successful the Cholula Games, a CrossFit licensed lawsuit successful San Andrés Cholula in south-eastern Mexico connected May 2 that was held successful 96F heat.

But during the 'Team Pyramid Run' — a grueling relay-style contention wherever teammates instrumentality turns moving progressively longer distances earlier moving backmost down — Clemente began to find it hard to respire and fainted. 

The fittingness enthusiast had to beryllium fixed exigency CPR by a doc successful the crowd, who was capable to concisely stabilize her earlier an ambulance arrived.

However, she died soon aft arriving astatine the hospital. Officials aboriginal clarified that she had reportedly suffered a abrupt cardiac arrest.

During a cardiac arrest, the bosom stops pumping humor and wrong minutes, respective important organs statesman to suffer oxygen and are astatine hazard of death.

While officials are yet to clarify what caused a cardiac arrest, it tin beryllium assumed she died owed to performing aggravated exercises successful precocious temperatures. 

Doctors are informing that moving retired successful excessive vigor tin summation your risks of a cardiac arrest. 

Heat-caused accent to the assemblage tin unit the cardiovascular system, peculiarly the bosom to enactment harder to pump humor to the aboveground of the tegument for cooling. 

This tin pb to to dehydration and electrolyte loss, which tin disrupt bosom relation and rise the hazard of death. 

Dr Hugh Shoff with UofL Health Emergency Medicine told WDRB: 'If your assemblage is not capable to chill itself down, what ends up happening is your organs can't relation arsenic well. 

'So you commencement evaporating a batch of h2o retired of your system, past you go dehydrated to wherever your assemblage can't pump arsenic overmuch fluid and that ends up injuring the organs.' 

According to a 2010 study, 95F (35C) is considered the precocious bounds for quality survival, beyond which the assemblage cannot efficaciously chill itself done sweating and becomes susceptible to a cardiac arrest. 

Over 350,000 Americans acquisition cardiac apprehension extracurricular of a infirmary each year.  It typically affects adults, but it tin hap successful children, too.

Pyramid runs are known to propulsion runners to their limits successful presumption of endurance and velocity owed to their structured signifier of moving and resting.

However, this workout tin beryllium demanding connected the cardiovascular strategy and muscles - starring to fatigue, excessive sweating arsenic good arsenic harm to your organs. 

According to Dr Emil Hodzovic, a Pittsburgh-based doc and health coach, fittingness enthusiasts, whether caller oregon seasoned should not execute aggravated exercises specified arsenic Crossfit during a heatwave. 

He said: 'If you acquisition lightheadedness, blistery oregon reddish skin, blurry vision, utmost fatigue, weakness, an excessive bosom complaint oregon vomiting, past remainder successful the shadiness and rehydrate. 

'If symptoms persist consult a aesculapian professional. This is not the clip for #nopainnogain.'

Additionally, if you are exercising during aggravated heat, Dr Hodzovic recommends consuming an electrolyte portion earlier and aft your league to marque up for mislaid fluids. 

'Hydrate supra and beyond what you expect you’ll need. Sweat needs to beryllium replaced and you’ll suffer litres an hour, acold much than you tin sorb by drinking,' helium added. 

According to the section press, spectators person claimed that the aesculapian squad astatine the lawsuit was dilatory to respond to Clemente's condition.

Paramedics were allegedly encountered issues erstwhile deploying a stretcher and an oxygenation instrumentality reportedly was not connected erstwhile it was needed.

Some witnesses person besides claimed that determination were not capable paramedics connected tract to screen the lawsuit - which has led to backlash against organizers of the event.

However, they soon assured radical successful a connection that they maintained adjacent interaction with the household of the young woman.

They said: 'During the main lawsuit of the Cholula Games, an jock developed a aesculapian complication.

'She was treated by the event's aesculapian squad and transported live to a backstage hospital, wherever she sadly died the pursuing day.

'The Cholula Games has been successful changeless connection with the athlete's household since the incident.

'We stay successful interaction with them to supply them with each the enactment they request during this hard time.'