Have You Had a Heart Attack?

• The presence of a heart attack in the past should not stop you from exercising: in fact it should be your motivation to become fitter and healthier to prevent the recurrence of further episodes!
• Over 1/3rd of our programme participants have suffered a heart attack in the past and are nevertheless able to achieve excellent results after just six-weeks of interval training

Physical improvements in those with a prior heart attack

• Improvement in fitness ratio of 23% (p<0.0001)
• Highly significant improvements in Body Mass Index and weight
• Highly significant improvement (11%) in cardiorespiratory function at 2 and 4 METS of activity
• Significant lowering of systolic blood pressure by 10mmHg

Risk reduction in those with a prior heart attack and low HDL

• The Framingham Risk analysis is a measure of cardiac risk which takes into account several factors including age, sex, cholesterol, blood pressure, weight and smoking habits
• In patients who have suffered a heart attack and have low levels of HDL cholesterol a significant 41% reduction in 5 year risk occurs with the program