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With the passage of time, our lifestyle has changed a lot. Today, most of us lead a busy and hectic life and the more we try to ecel, the more we pose a danger to our health. Of all the organs, our heart is most severely affected by the stress. Regular exercise can guarantee safety for the heart. There is no better way to improve the efficiency of the heart than exercise. Remember the following facts :

• Heart is like a muscle that works better when it is in shape.
• Exercise makes it stronger, helping it to pump more blood.
• A healthy heart can pump a large amount of blood with fewer heart-beats than an unhealthy heart does.
• During exercise, blood is pumped at a much faster rate - as much as 20 times the normal volume of blood.
• Cardiovascular or aerobic exercises target the large muscles of the body and create an increased demand for oxygen.
• Exercise - such as walking, cycling, jogging and swimming - improves the circulatory and pulmonary systems.
• Five to six days a week, we must think of 20-60 minutes of continuous activity of an intensity of 55% to 90% of maximum heart rate.
• Those who have undergone a bypass surgery or angioplasty, can simply start by walking. They can, however, increase it gradually.
• Heart rate must be monitored when one indulges in exercise, to keep track of its prescribed limit.
• For specific exercise recommendations a physician should be consulted.

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