What you can do to help prevent heart disease.
Research Studies show:
Get moving to keep your heart healthy and strong
The bad news: heart disease doesn't just affect men, it's also the number one killer of women in the US. The good news: exercise can reduce the risk of heart disease by 150%! The Framingham Heart Study, a study of over 85,000 participants, found that incidences of coronary heart disease was 150% lower among women who exercise as compared with women who were inactive. Exercising at least 3 hours a week keeps the blood circulating, lowers cholesterol and blood pressure, helps control weight and helps manages stress!
Worried about high blood pressure? Exercise your worries away!
Nearly one in three Americans has high blood pressure, according to the American Heart Association. While treatments can vary, all include lifestyle modification, such as diet changes and increased physical activity. A recent 18-month study confirms that even minimal exercise can yield maximal results. Men and women 50 years and older who engaged in a minimum of three hours of physical activity a week were better able to control their blood pressure and reduce their risk of full-blown hypertension.
Source: http://live.ihrsa.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=page.viewPage.cfm&pageId=19592
Thursday, April 8, 2010
Wednesday, March 3, 2010
Heart Disease and Exercise as Prevention
Heart Disease
Heart disease is well-known as the number one killer of men and women in the United States. Every year, an estimated 910,000 Americans die from the disease; in 1999, it accounted for 40% of all deaths in the United States. The American Heart Association currently estimates that well over 70 million Americans live every day with some form of heart disease, which includes hypertension (high blood pressure), cardiovascular disease, stroke, angina (chest pain), heart attack and congenital heart defects.
Exercise as Prevention
Instead of treating heart disease with prescription drugs and surgery once it arrives, experts agree that the best way to reduce heart disease rates is to take preventive measures. These include not smoking, eating a healthy diet, and of course, exercising! According to the President’s Council on Physical Fitness and Sport, physically inactive people are twice as likely to develop coronary heart disease than regularly active people are. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the American College of Sports Medicine recommend 30 minutes of cardiovascular activity on most days of the week to maintain good cardiovascular function and health. The human heart is a muscle and exercise helps make it stronger!
Check back next week to see what you can do to prevent heart disease.
Source: http://live.ihrsa.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=page.viewPage.cfm&pageId=19592
Heart disease is well-known as the number one killer of men and women in the United States. Every year, an estimated 910,000 Americans die from the disease; in 1999, it accounted for 40% of all deaths in the United States. The American Heart Association currently estimates that well over 70 million Americans live every day with some form of heart disease, which includes hypertension (high blood pressure), cardiovascular disease, stroke, angina (chest pain), heart attack and congenital heart defects.
Exercise as Prevention
Instead of treating heart disease with prescription drugs and surgery once it arrives, experts agree that the best way to reduce heart disease rates is to take preventive measures. These include not smoking, eating a healthy diet, and of course, exercising! According to the President’s Council on Physical Fitness and Sport, physically inactive people are twice as likely to develop coronary heart disease than regularly active people are. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the American College of Sports Medicine recommend 30 minutes of cardiovascular activity on most days of the week to maintain good cardiovascular function and health. The human heart is a muscle and exercise helps make it stronger!
Check back next week to see what you can do to prevent heart disease.
Source: http://live.ihrsa.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=page.viewPage.cfm&pageId=19592
Wednesday, January 20, 2010
The Importance of Strength training
The physical activity guidelines for Americans clearly state that both aerobic (endurance) and muscle strengthening (resistance) physical activity are equally beneficial and important to any exercise regime. There are benefits that are achieved from strength training that do not occur with aerobic activity alone.
Strength training is defined as muscle-strengthening or bone-strengthening activity and includes activities that work all the different parts of the body - legs, hips, back, chest, stomach, shoulders and arms. Exercises for each muscle group should be repeated 8 to 12 times per session. Muscle-strengthening activities count if they involve a moderate to high level of intensity or effort and should be done at least 2 days a week.
No specific amount of time is recommended for muscle strengthening, but muscle strengthening exercises should be performed to the point at which it would be difficult to do another repetition without help. When resistance training is used to enhance muscle strength, one set of 8 to 12 repetitions of each exercise is effective, although two or three sets may be more effective. Development of muscle strength is progressive over time.
Source: ihrsa.org/publicpolicy/HHS_GR4_overview.pdf
Strength training is defined as muscle-strengthening or bone-strengthening activity and includes activities that work all the different parts of the body - legs, hips, back, chest, stomach, shoulders and arms. Exercises for each muscle group should be repeated 8 to 12 times per session. Muscle-strengthening activities count if they involve a moderate to high level of intensity or effort and should be done at least 2 days a week.
No specific amount of time is recommended for muscle strengthening, but muscle strengthening exercises should be performed to the point at which it would be difficult to do another repetition without help. When resistance training is used to enhance muscle strength, one set of 8 to 12 repetitions of each exercise is effective, although two or three sets may be more effective. Development of muscle strength is progressive over time.
Source: ihrsa.org/publicpolicy/HHS_GR4_overview.pdf
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