What Is The Best And Worst Exercises For Heart Health?

Exercise is one of the safest, most effective ways to prevent and treat chronic diseases such as heart disease? We all sort of know that exercise is good for us, but not all exercise is equal, as some exercise can have a negative effect on your health and in particular your heart!
This video we explain what are the 4 BEST exercises for your heart and also what are the worst exercises for your heart.
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Having a good understating of this is critical if you want to achieve good health. Understanding Nutrition and Exercise has become very confusing and as we get older so it is no surprise that people do make bad choices even though their intention was good. The amount of exercise books, diet books and tv shows make it very hard to know what actually is the best choice of exercise for our health.
Many people are told to start doing long distance low intensity cardio exercise to protect their heart. And while this can have some benefits overdoing it can quickly turn negative on you!

Although exercise alone can reduce your risk of cardiovascular disease by as much as three times. The type of exercise is critical, because some exercise can create more problems than it solves!

For example, endurance-type exercise, such as marathon running, can actually damage your heart and increase your cardiovascular risk by as much as seven times!! Research by Dr. Arthur Siegel, director of Internal Medicine at Harvard's McLean Hospital found that long-distance running leads to high levels of inflammation that can trigger cardiac events. Another 2006 study found that non-elite marathon runners experienced decreased right ventricular systolic function, again caused by an increase in inflammation and a decrease in blood flow. All in all, such findings are a powerful lesson that excessive cardio may actually be counterproductive.
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The best exercises to do are in fact more high intensity exercises being:
Interval Training
Strength Training
Used in combination with more relaxing exercise like Yoga, Tai Chi, Meditation and of course constant movement.
However......... There is no point doing a 60 minute workout 3-4 times per week only to sit down for 10 hours each day. Your heart needs constant movement and if it does not get this it will become weak and problematic.

Good articles to read with more detail on this are below

Weight Training Vs Cardio Which Is Better?

How To Use Interval Training To Improve Fitness

And if your goal is to lose some weight well guess what? Building muscle should be the MOST important activity you do if your goal is to lose weight because increasing muscle is the best way to increase your Metabolic Rate ( the rate at which your body burns energy at rest).
People who performed intense cardio suffered from decreased T3 hormone production. T3 is the hormone produced by your thyroid to burn fat. When you do cardio, your body reacts to the stress by suppressing this fat burning hormone. This means your body starts gaining fat straight away for the body needs the fat in order to function. And on top of all this this excessive cardio also puts massive amounts of stress on your body by increasing the stress hormone cortisol. Excess cortisol is associated with illnesses like adrenal fatigue, chronic fatigue, depression and even more deadly diseases like heart disease, cancer and visceral belly fat.

[Noregretspt]

A great book to read about the danger of endurance training is "Heart Of A Champion" by Greg Welch a former Hawaiian Ironman Triathlete who suffered severe heart trauma at an early age from his excessive training. This opened my eyes to many of the dangers of things I would do and I have recently seen several people suffer with heart conditions.

[lyrablack]

Best
1: interval training
2: weight training
3: yoga, tai chi, meditation
4: being active all day

Worst
1: endurance training
2: random exercise
3: doing nothing

Every week
2 interval training sessions
3 strength training

Every day
10, 000 steps
10 minutes for yoga/tai chi/meditation/stretching

[hkrhsh]

"Health is not valued til' sickness comes" That phrase is sooo true! I´ve been recently diagnosed with chronic hypertension and tachycardia, I´m 21y/o... I was forbidden to drink coffee and even tea! :( And now I have to eat a low-sodium diet... You gotta exercise, guys! My sedentary lifestyle is showing consequences :(

[jujubees]

Thank you for making this video.
So true, "Health is not valued until you get sick" - Thomas Fuller
I like the music too!

[MooninLeo]

Thank you! I learned a lot and I appreciate your video. I feel like your video helped me better prepare myself for my long fitness journey ahead. It’s been a decade of no set fitness routine and I don’t want to over stress my heart by randomly choosing exercises that could be unknowingly detrimental or harmful to my heart. 💪🏼 Thanks again!! ❤️

[jamesgoodwin]

41 here and returned to running last year after 12 years off but lifted weights and hiked all those years. I’m finding 18 miles per week is my limit for feeling optimal health; and no more than 45 minutes per run. In my 20s I could run 50 fast miles per week and still feel my health was optimal. Exceeding these limits somehow makes me feel something is just slightly off with my body. It weakens my immune system and gives me nightmares. Ran a 5K in 21:30 and felt like I was recovering from a marathon the next day. I used to run 10 millers at that pace almost daily and felt stronger the next day. Also I don’t react to stress well after a longer run even if I’m in a good mood from the endorphin boost. I’m perfect for blood pressure, BMI, cholesterol, and my resting heart rate is low 40s though. Same weight with lower body fat and stronger muscles now. But damn. Getting old sucks.

[dand]

I started bodybuilding out of vanity 😊 and the health benefit was something I came to realize later.

[Northwindbreeze]

Very sensible info in this video, thanks.

[satvirvia]

I do all the exercises mentioning in this video, but only because I live a busy life. Endurance training takes up a lot of hours per week. Interval training is much more time efficient. I hope this video is right!

[danielcast]

Walk for minimum 30 minutes a day my grandparents did that and is effective 93 and 91 yrs old when they pass away

[shempone]

This background track is up there with Thriller

[JohnSmith-sjdk]

I just started jogging every day because I always sit behind my computer, hopefully I am helping my heart

[oscarreyes]

true, suffered it, be careful with pre work out drinks, heat, not prime for cycling anymore

[tarikbanikhaled]

Our dear beloved doctor I have had a heart catheterization and stenting for 4 months I was one of the bodybuilders Can I go back to bodybuilding, even with lighter weights? Or is this game banned from me forever? all the respect and appreciation



[williamlevy]

So I need to start my sprint training up again? Too easy. I never felt better than when I did sprints.

[em-ldkq]

im pretty skinny, so i always assumed my health was perfect, but i recently found out i had a heart rate of 77. its just at the limit for my age (im 12), and now im extremely paranoid im gonna have a heart attack in my sleep. i have anxiety, so it could be related to that, but im still taking my health into consideration. i started doing a handful of 10 minute workouts on youtube everyday to change my health and appearance, although im not so sure its doing anything heart wise. should i continue or am i just wasting my time?

[sparkonyx]

ive been running 12 k a day every single day for the last 3 years, its kinda dissapointing to hear that its actually bad for your heart, its like a sick joke ) :

[darwinamodia]

Sir good day i have a pwp, it's ok to pick cycling as ang excercise im in cycling about 6 years i think?that' my question sir thank you

[markdavid]

Not getting any vacks is the best thing to do to help your heart.

[myoneblackfriend]

I have cardiomyopathy and was specifically told not to do interval training by my doctor. Ask your doctor, folks.