Recently, a young state-level athlete collapsed while working out in a gym. She was rushed to hospital but was declared dead on arrival. The field athlete had excelled in the shot-put, javelin and discus, and was doing light exercises when she suffered a stroke.

While one cannot immediately co-relate the physical exercise to the stroke, the death does show how one must be careful when working out, always choose a gym that has some accessibility to a big medical centre and, most of all, listen to your body and quit if not feeling well.