Heart Healthy Training

Like the ever-mounting hits on tobacco, on the flip side, its nemesis, exercise, continues to attract a growing crowd. Reports by the American Heart Association and others in Club Business International, suggest that heart attack patients who exercise regularly had a 40 percent lower risk of death as well as a 50 percent reduction in succumbing to cardiovascular disease after five years, compared to those who didn’t.

After 2 heart attacks in 28 months my dad knows this, lives this.

Live. Exercise. Live Longer.

Dave
www.homeofficeworkouts.com  
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Thank you, thank you…THANK YOU!

The feedback from my last post and email regarding my dad and his heart attack was nothing short of
overwhelming.  The most effective way to answer all of the comments and questions, I feel, is to post
one more time as a follow up.

But first thing is first.

Thank you God for sparing my dad from death…once again!

Thank you to the outstanding and skillful doctors who fixed the problem and the nursing staff who
took unbelievable care of him.

Thank you to my friends on FitConnect, Facebook and my subcribers for your thoughts, comments
and prayers.  From the United States to Scotland, Australia and inbetween I am humbled, amazed and so
blessed to have relayed all of your words of encouragement to my dad.  I read to him from my blackberry
every one I could and it lifted him…big time.

What happened?

My dad arrived at the local hospital on Thursday “just not feeling right”.  He also had just a bit of
back pain in between his shoulder blades.  When the EKG reading came out – BAM!  Major cardiac event and
the team from Medflight was rushing him to Boston Medical Center.

One of the six stents, placed three in each of two arteries 28 months ago, had clogged enough to induce a
second heart attack.  This was due to stopping a medication called plavix which helps prevent such an
occurence.

The doctors fixed the problem and placed a 7th stent in the affected area to help
prevent further issues.

Today, 4 days later, I drove my dad home from the hospital.  The extent of the damage to his heart was
significant.  Time will tell how much tissue died and how much will come back.

The lesson here is two fold in terms of science, fitness and application.

1.)  A person can show virtually no symptoms and be in deep trouble.

2.)  Without eating well and maintaining a fitness regimen my father would not have survived.  Period.

PLEASE take care of yourself.  Please use your sphere of influence to encourage others to take care
as well.

To my online family…Love ya!

Learn.  Share.  Live.

Dave
www.homeofficeworkouts.com

This post will save a life

Why?

Because it is that important.

Because I care.

I’m a bit emotional right now so hopefully this post will be coherent.

Yesterday my dad had his second heart attack in two years. Why do you need to know this?
Because he has no family history of heart disease. His mom and dad lived into their 70’s and 80’s.
My dad’s two brothers do not have heart disease as determined by extensive testing.
He has cholesterol levels well within the normal range. He has Normal (actually great)
blood pressure. Virtually NO risk factors.

The first heart attack in the spring of 2006 was as a direct result of heart disease – most likely stress
induced.

Yesterday’s event was caused by the 10% chance that any of the six stints, 3 two different coronary arteries,
would narrow.

What I haven’t mentioned is that he has always been active. In fact after his first event he
my dad stepped it up even more and has been eating close to perfect and exercising more regularly than
ever before.

The silver lining in all of this is that all of the doctors concur – IF it weren’t for the physical
condition my father is in he would have not survived either event.

We still don’t know the extent of the damage done to his heart at this point. What the doctors do
know is that he is stable and was able to avoid open heart surgery for a bypass of the artery. We
do know that it looks like, God willing, he will recover and live a long and fruitful life.

Why do I feel compelled to share this on my blog, social networks and to my entire subscriber list all
over the World?

If just one person takes action and begins a consistent exercise program and regularly eats well – it will either
prevent something like this happening to them OR they will survive it if it does happen.

I praise God my dad is still alive. I also feel so very blessed that his dedication to being fit is what did
it.

Don’t wait. Be consistent. Live.
Yours in Health,

Dave
www.homeofficeworkouts.com