Everyone knows that exercise can prevent heart disease. But exercise is also good for those who already have heart disease. And exercise doesn t have to be jogging. The journal Circulation recently reported that moderate or heavy gardening, but not light gardening seemed to have a protective effect for those with cardiovascular disease.
Light gardening connotes a vision of relaxation.
One sees a broad brimmed hat, sunglasses, long sleeved shirt and dabbling in the dirt with a trowel. Such activities may include digging with a shovel, operating a tiller, operating a push lawn mower on a hillside, cutting and hauling brush, and hoeing weeds. It may qualify as moderate to heavy gardening. People with heart disease are often reluctant or fearful to begin exercising again. A Cardiac Rehabilitation program can help you to ease back into an active lifestyle.