Entries from July 2009 ↓
July 9th, 2009 — Heart Disease
The American College of Cardiology and the American Heart Association launched different guidelines related to peripheral arterial disease in order to help doctors and all healthcare professionals to treat in a better way this common condition. According to statistics, more than 12 million people suffer from Peripheral Arterial Disease (PAD) in the United States.
Peripheral Arterial Disease is a really serious illness, since it can cause amputation of the extremities, rupture of an aortic aneurysm, severe hypertension, kidney failure, but also heart attack, stroke, and cardiovascular death.
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July 2nd, 2009 — Heart Disease, exercise
The more energy spent per time unit, the greater the intensity of the exercise, the greater the effect on cardiorespiratory fitness. So, the most important factor for improving cardiorespiratory fitness (cardio or CR) is the intensity of the exercise. Changes in CR fitness are directly related to how “hard” an aerobic exercise is performed.
You have to know how hard is “hard” to determine if an aerobic exercise like running is producing a CR training effect or if it’s just burning a few calories. The heart rate during work or exercise is an excellent indicator of how much effort you are exerting. Only by keeping track of your heart rate during a workout can you be sure that the intensity is enough to improve your CR fitness level. In other words, your ability to monitor your heart rate is the single most important key to success in CR training. Continue reading →
