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March 28, 2005
Want to Live Longer? Challenge Your Heart's Exercise Capacity Today!
Low-intensity exercise is also not the most effective way of living longer. A study in May 2003 of almost 2,000 British men looked at the relationship between death and low-level endurance. The researchers found this type of low-intensity exercise did nothing to reduce the participants' risk of premature death due to heart problems.
Another study at Harvard measured the effects of vigorous and non-vigorous exercise and risk of death. Subjects who performed high-intensity exercise have a lower risk of death than those who performed moderate-intensity exercise.
That’s also what a recent study published in the Annals of Internal Medicine found. Researchers followed 644 patients with heart failure over a 10-year period. They found that the heart’s peak ventilatory oxygen uptake (VO2) (meaning the heart’s exercise capacity) was the most important criteria in predicting chronic heart failure. Exercise capacity was more important than the duration of time exercised in extending life.
What can you do to increase your heart’s exercise capacity? Simple:
Challenge your capacity, a little bit at first, but as you become conditioned, you can gradually increase the challenge. In other words, you need to perform progressive interval exercise, such as the PACE program. Long-duration walking or jogging does little to improve your cardiovascular health. To strengthen your heart and live longer, pick up the pace and follow the PACE Program.
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Posted by james at March 28, 2005 6:01 AM