THE MDVIP GUIDE TO EXERCISE AND HEART DISEASE

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Exercise is key to good heart health. It reduces your risk of dying from heart disease or having a non-fatal heart attack or stroke, and it lowers your chances of needing procedures like heart bypass.

Regular exercise also lowers your  blood pressure, and it can boost levels of your good cholesterol.

But if you’re sitting too much and not exercising enough, your risk for heart disease sky rockets.

Adults who sit for long periods of time have 1.5 times greater risk for heart attack or stroke and a 90 percent greater chance of death from heart disease. But here’s the good news:

Every little bit — from gardening to yoga to walking to running to lifting weights — helps lower your risk for heart attack and stroke. The more you challenge yourself (within reason), the more it can help your heart.

In this exercise guide blog series, we’ll take you through three exercise types that can help you protect your heart:

• Endurance, the kind that gets your heart pumping;

• Strength, the kind that builds and maintains muscles; and

• Flexibility and balance, the kind that helps with range of motion and injury prevention.

Before starting any exercise program, talk to your MDVIP-affiliated physician. Then use this guide along with the heart-healthy exercise programs available on MDVIP Connect to get moving and keep moving.

Exercise is key to lowering your risk of heart disease so you can Be Strong-Hearted.

EXERCISE - are you fit?

The November 12th issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association reviewed the newest physical activity guidelines for Americans. Based on these guidelines, 80% of US adults and adolescents are insufficiently active. Let’s look at the specifics.

Children ages 3 through 5 years should be physically active throughout the day. Children and adolescents ages 6 through 17 years should do at least 60 minutes or more of moderate-to-vigorous physical activity daily. Adults should do at least 150 minutes per week of moderate to vigorous physical activity, on at least 4 days. They should also do muscle-strengthening activities, such as lifting weights, on 2 or more days per week. Examples of moderate activity include walking briskly at 2.5 to 4.0 miles per hour, playing volleyball or raking the yard. Jogging, running, and participating in a strenuous fitness class are examples of vigorous activity

Are you fit? A recent Today Show featuring Dr. Oz reviewed the four-flight stair challenge. This is a simple test to see if you are currently physically fit. Adults should be able to climb four flights of stairs, without stopping, in less than a minute. If you pass the four-flight test then your level of physical activity is likely sufficient. Recent evidence shows that physically fit adults are less likely to have heart disease, have a stroke or develop dementia.