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Pat Vellner

Pat Vellner

Canadian CrossFit athlete and chiropractor; multi-time CrossFit Games podium finisher (three 2nd, two 3rd place) and guest on Boys Interrupted

Sep 8, 2026

Boys Interrupted

Boys Interrupted

Pat Vellner’s Achilles Surgery & Wild Heart Rate Data | Boys interrupted Bak Yard Ultra | Ep. 87

Sep 8 · 1h 17m

Jayson Hopper
Jayson HopperHOST
17:30
Yeah.
Pat Vellner
Pat VellnerGUEST
17:31
So basically what it is, is one of the top chambers of my heart gets a signal that just repeats faster.
Pat Vellner
Pat VellnerGUEST
17:38
Um, and then it, it, it tries to beat much faster than the rest of my heart.
Pat Vellner
Pat VellnerGUEST
17:41
Cause your heart beats like in sequence, right? All the chambers be kind of one after another and that's how it pushes blood out through.
Pat Vellner
Pat VellnerGUEST
17:48
So, but if you're one chamber keeps kind of contracting, it can't fill.
Pat Vellner
Pat VellnerGUEST
17:53
so no, no new blood gets in or not, not enough.
Pat Vellner
Pat VellnerGUEST
17:56
So your ejection fraction goes way down.

9 MINS LATER

Jayson Hopper
Jayson HopperHOST
26:40
Did it feel like that?

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