"Aortic dissection" risks tied to weightlifting

This article has some disturbing ties between terrible cardiac episodes and conventional weightlifting.
Dr. John Elefteriades, chief of cardiothoracic surgery at Yale-New Haven Hospital, led the study. The YNHH group identified 5 healthy young individuals who suffered a devastating cardiac event called "aortic dissection" during weight lifting or strength training. They discovered that during weight lifting and strength training, blood pressure, which is normally about 120/80, rose to as high as 300 during heavy weight lifting. In particular, these dangerous increases in blood pressure occurred when lifting amounts equivalent to one's own body weight in the bench press. The team concluded that the dramatic rise in blood pressure from intense strength training and weight lifting ruptures the internal layer of the aorta, inducing devastating aortic dissection.
Yet another possible issue. Anyone looking to increase athletic performance should avoid conventional weightlifting like the plague. We've said it before and will say it again: athletes succeed in spite of conventional training, not because of it.