Fact – the more we exercise, the more we reduce our risk of cardiovascular problems. The Institute of Medicine is on record as saying that we “now need’ to exercise for an hour a day and if we were to exercise for two hours a day it would be even more beneficial to our health.

Sounds good right, but who the heck has two hours a day to exercise? Therefore the real question is: How much exercise we actually need to benefit our cardiovascular system in a way that will significantly reduce cardiovascular problems.

Scientific literature from numerous studies state that heart attack risk can be reduced by 30 – 50% by regular, moderate exercise. In fact additional studies state that 20 minutes a day was enough to gain a substantial improvement in cardiac risk.

So if you have the time, get that body of yours in gear and knock out a couple hours of cardiovascular exercise a day, but if you’re like me and have way to many other things on your plate to spare that much time – well then I guess twenty minutes of moderate daily activity will just have to do.

You owe it to yourself – to love yourself – to discipline yourself – to help yourself!