What Fitness Level Predicts Heart Attacks?
There's
a lot of confusion about how fit you need to be in order to avoid a heart
attack. Some folks even think you need to be "marathon-fit" or else
you've got one foot in the grave. But research suggests otherwise.
An Archives
of Internal Medicine study followed 9,191 men and women and categorized
them according to statistically predicted levels of normal fitness for people
with their genetic backgrounds. Both men and women who were not as fit as they
were expected to be had a 2.36 times greater risk of heart attack than those
who were at least at 100 percent of their predicted fitness levels.
This
indicates that you don't have to be a trained athlete to reduce your risk of a
heart attack. But you do have to be at least as fit as you should be,
given your genetic makeup. And you can do that by combining consistent physical
activity (like brisk walking, dancing, or playing sports) with healthy eating
and a healthy weight.
[Ed.
Note: Fitness expert Craig Ballantyne is the creator of the Turbulence Training for Fat Loss system.
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