Exercising to Keep a Healthy Heart

We’ve already:

1. Calculated our BMI and learned its importance regarding heart disease and stroke.

2. Created low-fat meal combinations from a fast food menu

3. Completed a worksheet about how the heart works.

Now that we have learned the importance of a healthy heart and how to eat better to keep our heart healthier, we will now learn how exercise can help keep our hearts healthy and working great!

What next?

1. Click on the above picture.

2. Read the article

3. Expand on the list of exercises given in the article. Do not include those things already listed in the article.

a. What are some other aerobic activities we can do?

b. What are some other activities we can do to build stronger muscles?

c. What can we do to be more flexible?

d. What are some other activities we can do to gain better balance?