it’s a large vessel you have a major heart attack and if the left main coronary arteries are
included, 40% of the people die immediately!
So how much exercise should you do? A study of 20 college students who were very
athletic and were either part of the football team, basketball team and so on, were hired
during the summer months to lie flat in bed at the college for 3 weeks straight. They
were fed in bed and even had bedpans for them not to go to the bathroom. Pretty
extreme eh? At the end of the 3 week period they discovered that these healthy boys
deteriorated physiologically the equivalent of 30 years of aging. Hopefully, they were
able to return these people to normal health very rapidly with proper exercise and some
physiotherapy. When these boys got out of bed, they weren’t even able to stand up,
they needed help! So this should motivate you, when you wake up in the morning to
jump out of bed and go for a walk or even walk the dog, put in wood, whatever it is, do
something.
Realize that you will age very rapidly if you do not exercise every day. How much
exercise do I do and how do I know when to stop? While walking fast for about 30
minutes, your target pulse should be 170 minus your age and the maximum should be
220 minus your age. This is the general rule of course, there are some exceptions with
people that have special problems so check with your doctor and let him monitor your
pulse. Don’t get it over 220 minus you are because you will get into trouble and risks
being part of the 2% that die of a heart attack while exercising! The idea is to walk about
3 miles a day, 6 days a week and you will burn up to 1800 kilocalories. Walk at least 10
miles a day if you want it to be most effective and beneficial to your health. On average,
walking a 10 miles may take roughly 150 minutes when going along at a natural or brisk
pace. Trail and uphill walking will also take longer to complete a mile, but ultimately will
burn more calories. How tall you are needs to be taken in consideration, since stride
length is reduced in shorter people, making it harder to walk at higher speeds.
Moreover, your weight will also determine how many total calories will be burned. When
looking at how much weight is being lost when walking 10 miles, the actual weight of
the person is crucial to determine the amount of calories burned as well as the pace. For
an average man of 5 feet 8 inches weighing 75 kg, the approximate number of calories
burned during a brisk walk at 4 miles per hour would be 800 to 900 calories if the course
was relatively flat, taking him two hours and a half to complete. If you have time to walk