Certified fitness trainer Ruby Clarke, who also promotes heart health, understands how critical it is to maintain your heart strong and healthy.
What guidance does she offer? Establish daily fun and sustainable workout habits. Ruby says, “Your heart is a muscle. Like every other muscle, it gets stronger with consistent use.
Ruby’s best advise is to start small. “Even 10 minutes of walking can make a difference if you’re not used to working out,” she explains. She advises progressively raising your duration and intensity as your degree of fitness rises.
Ruby advises folks with hectic schedules to include movement into regular chores. She advises “park further away from the store, take the stairs instead of the elevator, or do squats while brushing your teeth.”
Over time, these little adjustments might add up and improve your cardiovascular condition without adding extra daily time.
Ruby is particularly fond of interval training in scheduled workouts. “For your heart, alternate bursts of high-intensity exercise with periods of rest,” she advises. For instance, a basic example is Try jogging 30 seconds, then walking one minute, then repeating for 15 minutes.
Ruby’s heart-health program includes strength training as well. “Building muscle lets your body make more effective use of oxygen,” she says. If you do not have weights, Ruby advises beginning with bodyweight workouts including lunges and push-ups.
Ruby stresses at last the need of listening to your body. “If something doesn’t feel right, take a break,” she counsels. Exercise should push you, not damage you. Remember too that consistency is quite important. “Just moving a little can make a big difference even on the days you don’t feel like it,” Ruby adds.
