Your Heart and Exercise

"High Intensity Training Aids Some Heart Patients"

 

" For people with coronary artery disease (CAD) who are basically in good condition, high-intensity interval training is a safe alternative to traditional cardiac rehab and may provide additional health benefits, according to Canadian researchers."

 

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/news/fullstory_25289.html

 

I thought this was an interesting article and since it's summertime and more people are on the go with the warm days and evenings, perhaps you could share what types of exercising that you do yourself for your heart, if you are able to participate in sports?, or at a local gym?, or even just at home on your treadmill?

 

Hugs, Teri

My advice to anyone who can still put a few miles on themselves is:

GET A DOG! (or two)

They will make sure that you take walks. They have little built-in clocks, they whine, and they have beautiful pleading brown eyes. Who could resist?

And if they are big dogs, and you walk them on retractable leashes (where there are squirrels, or deer) you will build all the upper body and ab definition you could ever hope for - without a gym. And it's much more pleasant.

I went 5 miles a day for 25 years...unfortunately can't do it now, though. :-(

Good for you Teri - for trying, anyway! (we are pathetic, lol!) but we have good attitudes! eh? I'll challenge you to a turtle race!

hugs,
Oona

Maybe you could BE your own swimming pool? ROFL!

Siesta sounds real good!

Zzzzzzz......


(woops! this is supposed to be an exercise thread - what kind of example is this?)

I do my treadmil at 2.5 to 3.0 and incline at 2.0 for 15moin twic a day every other day then keping up our house  Folks remember gardening vacuming, dusting does us more good than a gym for we are using muscles we  use every day.

 

Oona I love it about yuor dogs I get out back and oplay with all 5 of mine from small to med to big my two big ones a Elkhound Alonzo and my Coonhound/Bloodhound mix Scarlett  do poull me yuo should se them in the cypress pond when it is full of water no not me and my litle  white one like in the contell comerical a daschund/basset mix Miss Lady gets in the back ditch adn in the culvert and she doesnot cokme out her pretty whiteish cream color so that is bathtime and she gets a bath along with me. I use a wadeing pool out back to bath them. well I also use my mind by reading books too.  and no outside wok between 10am and 4 pm.
Lets see my vegtable and rose garden too.

HEidi

 

P.S> Teri tell us about your plants yu tend to  and anyone else have a garden  veggie or flower?