February is National Heart Month
It’s National Heart Month! I think about my cardiovascular fitness a lot. Kind of hard not to when training for road races. But I also think about it because of the company I work for, cardiovascular health is our business. I always felt it ironic that I was constantly maintaining my heart health in order to never have to take the drugs that I am helping to develop, oh well!
I recently had my blood pressure and heart rate taken for a yearly health screening and I was very happy with the results. Blood pressure: 110/70 and Heart Rate: 60 (and that was after my morning cup of coffee, LOL)!
For the most part I have always had a high resting heart rate (between 70-80) and it wasn’t until last year when I started training for my first half-marathon that I noticed this start to change. My training had started to drop my resting heart rate. I have always read that increasing your heart rate during physical exertion would cause this but I didn’t really believe it until I lived it.
“According to the American Heart Association website, increasing your heart rate 2 and a half hours a week will have beneficial effects to your cardiovascular system.”
The physical activity doesn’t have to be running, it could be walking vigorously, riding a bike, swimming etc. Check out their website they have loads of heart healthy tips!
Happiness is good for your heart too!
Best Regards,
Melissa Fisher, CorDynamics Operations Manager
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