Cardiophile » Exercise http://www.cardiophile.com Live life heart healthy! Tue, 09 Aug 2011 00:43:05 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.cardiophile.com http://www.cardiophile.pgblazer.com/favicon.icoCardiophile Some physical activity is better than nonehttp://www.cardiophile.com/2011/08/some-physical-activity-is-better-than-none.html http://www.cardiophile.com/2011/08/some-physical-activity-is-better-than-none.html#comments Thu, 04 Aug 2011 17:15:47 +0000 Johnson Francis http://www.cardiophile.com/?p=901 It is well known that fitness promoting physical activity is good for the health of you heart. But an important question is how much physical activity is good enough. If you cant find time to have rigorous schedules, is there any good if you do some exercise than none? Jacob Sattelmair and colleagues have evaluated this in a report published online ahead of print in the prestigious cardiology journal Circulation {Dose Response Between Physical Activity and Risk of Coronary Heart Disease: A Meta-Analysis. Circulation. 2011 Aug 1. [Epub ahead of print]}. After evaluated about three thousand and two hundred studies addressing this aspect since 1995, they included thirty three good quality studies. Nine of these studies had information on quantitative estimates of leisure time physical activity. Those who engaged in one hundred and fifty minutes per week of moderate intensity leisure time activity had a fourteen percent lower risk of coronary heart disease. If it was three hundred hours, the risk reduction was twenty percent. There was a modest further reduction at higher levels of physical activity. Those who had lower than the minimum recommended one hundred and fifty minutes per week of physical activity also had significantly lower risk of coronary heart disease than those who did not. This report supports that concept that some physical activity is better than none and additional benefits occur with more physical activity. So what are you waiting for? Start on that the fitness path which suits you!

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Pushups are a great way for attaining upper body strength. They require no fancy equipment and can be done from just about anywhere. Adding pushups to your fitness routine is a great way to boost up your overall fitness level. So if you are thinking about how to get started, here’s how. A few days ago I came across a site – Hundred Pushups. It is a fitness program that enables you to do a hundred consecutive pushups in matter of just 6 weeks. First there is an inital test to check how many consecutive pushups you can presently do. Based on your test score, you can then begin your 100 pushups program. Don’t lose heart if you cant even do 10 pushups at first. Stick to the program and you will see results. You just have to spend 15 minutes a day, 3 days a week. Mainting your form during pushups is also important and the website describes how to do pushups in proper form. And finally, you should take the advise of your doctor before taking up any new fitness program.

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