Your Heart And Exercise Go
Together Like Butch Cassidy
And The Sundance
Kid.
Your Heart and Exercise
Are Best Friends.
The heart has an amazing ability to adapt to exercise. “It’s the same as when you work out your biceps, says Dr. Michael H. Crawford, chief of cardiology at the University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center.
“Everything gets bigger; the size of the chambers, the thickness of the walls. The heart is basically a muscle, and it will get bigger when it’s confronted with having to work more.”
Cyclist
Lance Armstrong gave us a good example of this recently by winning the
grueling Tour de France
an astounding seven times in a row in spite of a battle with cancer.
Armstrong’s heart can pump nine
gallons of blood per minute, compared to five for the average person and
his lungs can absorb twice as much oxygen. His training,
experience and commitment also entered into the success equation but the
point is he developed an exceptional heart.
The heart and exercise work together
We can develop cardiovascular conditioning within weeks...
but unfortunately it can vanish just as fast. In a study of endurance athletes the size of their heart increased by 23% in the first week of training and the volume of blood the heart pumped increased by 33%.
Now that's the way to avoid a heart attack!
Heart conditioning can disappear just as quickly.
Six cross-country runners who had been training for at least 3 months, took 3 weeks off.
By the end of the 3rd week of inactivity their average left ventricular mass was down 38%, and their average stroke volume was down 23%.
What about the
heart and exercise for people with heart disease?
Does the experience of athletes relate to those of us who exercise for
heart health? You bet it does! A long-term study by the Harvard School of Public Health concluded that
the harder a person works out, the healthier he will be and the longer
he will live!
Exercise will
develop more blood flow to the heart.
According to cardiologist Marianne J. Legato, M.D.
“When someone exercises regularly over a long period of time, the heart
exercise often develops extra vessels to make room for the increased blood flow that exercise requires. During a heart attack, these vessels can compensate for a blocked artery and prevent death.”
So
what's the best heart exercise?
I always had good intentions to begin an exercise program... one of these
days when life slowed down and things weren't so hectic. Well things
slowed down for a few days during the time I was in the hospital bed
recovering from a six way heart by pass operation. But it wasn't long
until I was full swing back in the "rat race" we call life.
It seems that their just isn't
enough time to do everything with the busy lives we
live.
 I'm
Gene Millen. Fifteen years ago a heart surgeon, sawed open my
chest and stitched in bypasses to six of my favorite heart arteries.
It
wasn't as much fun as you might think...and started me on a journey to helping
others avoid my mistakes.
My
experience in aerobic exercise programs includes
working with hundreds of people in the
Vital Life Center, a
health and wellness club for the "over 50 crowd.
I thought I
knew all the right aerobic exercise programs, but
after trying Dr. Sears' new PACE® program, it was
soon apparent that there was more to learn.
This program is
extremely effective and takes far less time than the
"conventional" programs which coax you into spending hours in the
gym to achieve your goals.
Dr. Sears new patented
aerobic exercise program builds on the principle that long-duration exercise isn't natural.
Our ancient ancestors
didn't run for mile after mile without rest or recovery.
Their exercise was primarily hunting, or on some occasions being
hunted. Their daily exercise "routine" consisted of short bursts of
exertion, followed by periods of very welcome rest.
By using this system you recreate exactly what your body needs for
optimum health.
By boosting your heart's "reserve capacity," Dr. Sears
reveals that you can nearly eliminate your risk of heart
attack.
One of Dr. Sears' insights into
how the human heart functions is
the fact that it doesn't need "endurance training." Your
heart was designed to keep beating far into old age.
Heart attacks happen during times of stress, when your heart
needs more energy and pumping capacity, but doesn't have the
reserve power that it needs.
By building reserve capacity -- which the
PACE® exercise weight
loss program does
quickly and easily -- you create a "reserve account" your
heart can draw upon during times of emergency.
Is Your
Metabolism in Hibernation?
A while back one our members
commented,
"My metabolism isn't slow...it's in a coma."
The
PACE® aerobic exercise
program works just as well for the
novice exerciser (I've used it on people with congestive
heart failure) as it does for the extremely fit.
The trouble with endurance exercise and
jogging is that low intensity for long periods of time causes our bodies to store fat. Once you pass the 15 to 20
minute mark, you start burning fat during exercise.
This sounds like a good idea but our body just doesn't work
this way. Low intensity endurance exercise tells your body you need fat to burn as fuel during
exercise.
As a result,
your body will make and store more
fat to prepare for your next run or aerobic workout -- a
never-ending cycle making it impossible to get rid of that
stubborn fat that never seems to go away.
Too Busy To Exercise? How About 10 Minutes?
The PACE® exercise
programs never last more than 10 to 20 minutes.
That means your body burns carbs during exercise, not fat.
After you finish the routine, your body starts burning fat
to replace the carbs it just burned.
In fact, your body will burn fat for up to 24 hours after
you complete your PACE® workout. It even burns fat while you
are sleeping!
After a few
weeks, your body gets the message that it doesn't need to
store excess body fat at all!
The extra lung function and breathing power the PACE®
exercise weight loss program gives you is
extremely important. Dr. Sears tells us that lung volume is
your number one indicator for risk of death.
The bigger your
lung volume, the longer you'll live and the more energy
you'll have. It's critical for
preventing disease and boosting your immune system. Not to
mention that big lungs transport fresh oxygen to every cell
in your body.
If you need more exercise but just haven't got around to it
because of a busy schedule...or procrastination why not get
started today? You will never regret taking better care of
yourself.
Dr. Sears has a very successful medical practice in Florida
and a remarkable track record. He produces results for
thousands of people from around the world.
Dr. Sears put everything you need to get started in his new
science-backed book, PACE: Rediscover Your Native Fitness.
And the best news? This book is so affordable, it makes no
sense not to have it -- and use it to optimize your health
and improve your vitality and energy.
Click this link to
learn more about The PACE® Heart and Exercise Program
Gene
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