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Feb 13, 2024 03:58pm

By Sarah Parker

Under exercise, health, healthy living, fitness, old age, exercise classes, Sarah Parker Fitness, incontinence, benefits of exercise, exercise pill, aging well, workout & self-care

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Healthy Hearts - and how to get them

February is Heart Month, so I've been focusing a little bit on cardiovascular exercise recently

Cardio exercise - exercise that makes your heart rate go up - is one of a few ways to improve your heart health. Other factors you can look at:

regular exercise - not just cardio
healthy diet
healthy weight
quit smoking
limit alcohol intake
manage stress
prioritise sleep
move more often - not just exercise but throughout your day
stay hydrated

The thing I love about exercise is that it…

Keeping going when the pain is no longer there

Our health is one of those weird things that we don't really think about until something isn't working properly or we are in pain

I think why I didn't enjoy pregnancy the first time round was because I expected things to work/feel as they always did, and that definitely wasn't true anymore! It's also why peri-menopause is a challenge...

I certainly never considered my pelvic floor until after having my first baby/prolapse

And when I injured my back, the constant pain impacted everything I di…

A pill to replace exercise

So we're a step closer to a pill that can replace exercise.

I know that there is an obesity crisis and things need to be done but this makes me sad, as if exercise is a thing to be avoided.

This news came out the same day as my car broke down. I had to cancel a class and then arrange a lift to my evening classes - I was particularly stressed by the time I got to the church ready to teach!! But a healthy dose of exercise later I felt much better.

Benefits of exercise

From those three classes …

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