Heart and exercise

Exercise and heart disease

If you already have heart disease, can you exercise? Will exercise help prevent you from developing heart disease in the first place? Get those life-saving facts right here.

Exercise key to a healthy heart

An active lifestyle is essential to the heart patient. But it should be a gradual process. Here's what you should know.

Put your heart into it

Exercise is as necessary for a happy heart as good old-fashioned romance. Here’s why, says Lauren Seton-Smith from Shape magazine.

Exercise: warming up

A warming up period of five minutes should always precede any form of physical activity. This prevents stiff muscles, and ensures that your pulse and breathing rates are increased.

Check your heart rate

This new tool will help you calculate your target heart rate. Check it out!

Keep your heart pumping!

The heart is one of the most important muscles in the body and one of the best ways to keep it healthy is by exercising regularly.

Walk with a goal in mind

Walking improves blood pressure, tones the muscles, has many cardiovascular benefits and helps you get rid of some calories. So, what are you waiting for?

To train or not to train?

Exercise is supposed to be good for us. But when is it time to take a rest?